Try running gpresult /R for RSoP summary or gpresult /V for verbose output from the command line as an administrator on the computer. It should output something like this:
C:\Windows\system32>gpresult /V
Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Operating System Group Policy Result tool v2.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2001
Created On 2/10/2010 at 10:27:41 AM
RSOP data for OQMSupport01\- on OQMSUPPORT01 : Logging Mode
------------------------------------------------------------
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Version: 6.1.7600
Site Name: N/A
Roaming Profile: N/A
Local Profile: C:\Users\-
Connected over a slow link?: No
COMPUTER SETTINGS
------------------
Last time Group Policy was applied: 2/10/2010 at 10:16:09 AM
Group Policy was applied from: N/A
Group Policy slow link threshold: 500 kbps
Domain Name: OQMSUPPORT01
Domain Type: <Local Computer>
Applied Group Policy Objects
-----------------------------
N/A
The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Local Group Policy
Filtering: Not Applied (Empty)
The computer is a part of the following security groups
-------------------------------------------------------
System Mandatory Level
Everyone
Debugger Users
IIS_WPG
SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$OQMSUPPORT01$ACT7
SQLServerMSSQLServerADHelperUser$OQMSUPPORT01
BUILTIN\Users
NT AUTHORITY\SERVICE
CONSOLE LOGON
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users
This Organization
BDESVC
BITS
CertPropSvc
EapHost
hkmsvc
IKEEXT
iphlpsvc
LanmanServer
MMCSS
MSiSCSI
RasAuto
RasMan
RemoteAccess
Schedule
SCPolicySvc
SENS
SessionEnv
SharedAccess
ShellHWDetection
wercplsupport
Winmgmt
wuauserv
LOCAL
BUILTIN\Administrators
USER SETTINGS
--------------
Last time Group Policy was applied: 2/10/2010 at 10:00:51 AM
Group Policy was applied from: N/A
Group Policy slow link threshold: 500 kbps
Domain Name: OQMSupport01
Domain Type: <Local Computer>
The user is a part of the following security groups
---------------------------------------------------
None
Everyone
Debugger Users
HomeUsers
BUILTIN\Administrators
BUILTIN\Users
NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE
CONSOLE LOGON
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users
This Organization
LOCAL
NTLM Authentication
High Mandatory Level
The user has the following security privileges
----------------------------------------------
Bypass traverse checking
Manage auditing and security log
Back up files and directories
Restore files and directories
Change the system time
Shut down the system
Force shutdown from a remote system
Take ownership of files or other objects
Debug programs
Modify firmware environment values
Profile system performance
Profile single process
Increase scheduling priority
Load and unload device drivers
Create a pagefile
Adjust memory quotas for a process
Remove computer from docking station
Perform volume maintenance tasks
Impersonate a client after authentication
Create global objects
Change the time zone
Create symbolic links
Increase a process working set
Or if you are logged in to a Windows Server OS with the ActiveDirectory PowerShell Module (or Client OS with the Remote Server Administration Tools) try the Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership cmdlet:
C:\Users\username\Documents> Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership username | Select name
name
----
Domain Users
All
Announcements
employees_US
remotes
ceo-report
all-engineering
not-sales
Global-NotSales
This should not only list security groups but distribution groups, if I recall correctly (and which might also be useful to know). Also takes care of nesting, ie you are in group A which is in B, so it shows you as also in B (again I am trying to recall the details here).
Start - Run - CMD - GPRESULT /r is sufficient -> you don't need to display the full "/v" to visualize group belongings as a client-user as far as AD is concerned (under Windows 7 for sure, but I'm not sure about winxp)
Try running
gpresult /R
for RSoP summary orgpresult /V
for verbose output from the command line as an administrator on the computer. It should output something like this:Or if you are logged in to a Windows Server OS with the ActiveDirectory PowerShell Module (or Client OS with the Remote Server Administration Tools) try the
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership
cmdlet:Use
This should not only list security groups but distribution groups, if I recall correctly (and which might also be useful to know). Also takes care of nesting, ie you are in group A which is in B, so it shows you as also in B (again I am trying to recall the details here).
In Vista and Win7 natively, for XP you probably need the sp2 support tools (which would also require that you have sufficient priviledges to install them of course). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=49AE8576-9BB9-4126-9761-BA8011FABF38&displaylang=en
I think you can write in a cmd window:
Replace
USERNAME
with your own username, without domain prefix.Start - Run - CMD - GPRESULT /r is sufficient -> you don't need to display the full "/v" to visualize group belongings as a client-user as far as AD is concerned (under Windows 7 for sure, but I'm not sure about winxp)
If you don't have access to AD:
Start - Run - CMD - GPRESULT /v
You will see at the end: The user is part of the following security groups
If you're looking for speed then gpresult is s l o w...especially if there are a lot of GPO's applied.
Just run one of the following, one is for local group and the other is for domain groups:-
Local - 'c:\windows\system32\net.exe localgroup' + 'name of group to check'
Domain - 'c:\windows\system32\net.exe group /domain' + 'name of group to check'
Then parse the output for the username you are looking for as the result will list of the users in that group. Hope this helps.