Security Explorer 8.x and up - Steps to identify local admin accounts (SL3741)

The information in this article applies to:

Security Explorer Version 8.x and higher

HOW TO:

Find the users with local administrator accounts in an environment.

Please follow the following steps as depicted in the following images.

Step 1: Open Security Explorer 8.x and click the Group and User Management module:

Step 2: Then click Search:

Step 3: Add a Search Scope

Step 4: Search your network and select the Target computers:

Step 5: Click OK and Select “Search for local administrator accounts” then “Search for groups”. Next “Start Search”:

Step 6: Results will list all administrative accounts:

Step 7: In order to see the local admin accounts right click on the computer/Administrator Group

Step 8: List of Users that are local and local DOMAIN admin accounts are shown

Now you can Print, Save the results (Save results to a txt, comma delimited file):