Local administrator access enabled by group policy

This functionality has been removed by Microsoft due to security vulnerabilities. For details, refer to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/ms14-025-vulnerability-in-group-policy-preferences-could-allow-elevation-of-privilege-may-13-2014-60734e15-af79-26ca-ea53-8cd617073c30

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Marcin

Hello,

The Local User Management preference is frequently used to create local administrators who have a known password on a computer. This feature is not secure because of the way that Group Policy Preferences stores passwords. Therefore, this functionality is no longer available.

Best Regards,

Hania Lian

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