Determining who is running with administrator rights?

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Published on 2010-04-04T13:57:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/04 14:03 UTC
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I work at a small non-profit organization with about 55 desktop PCs running Windows XP Pro. The domain controller is running Windows Server 2003. I have a two-part question (note that I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to network administration).

Part 1: Is there some simple way that I can determine which accounts are logged in with administrator rights?

Part 2: Is there a way that I can remove administrator rights from users without sitting down at each individual machine?

Thanks for considering my questions.

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