W10 virtual network editor rights

[erik1282]

Our users all have non admin rights.

In Windows 7 we could use a local group named "Networkconfigurationoperators" to give the users rights to change settings in the Virtual Network Editor.

But in Windows 10 this group no longer seems to give the rights to change settings in the Virtual Network Editor and our users are stranded.

Is this a known issue? How can we allow them to change settings in the Virtual Network Editor without giving them full admin rights?

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[Mits2020]

I'm not a networking specialist, but it seems this is a well-known problem (see e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/7p0lfz/allow_non_admins_to_edit_network_adapter_settings/)

Searching for 'windows 10 edit network settings policy per group' I stumbled on https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1960603-allow-user-to-enable-disable-network-adapter-settings-on-windows-10 where a user said "Windows has a builtin group called "Network Configuration Operators". If you add the user to this local builtin group, they will be able to put in their own credentials and change their network settings."

If the Virtual Networking Editor does depend on preexisting built-in (not newly generated) Windows policies, the above post may be relevant. But then again, I'm not an expert...

[Scott Vessey]

Moderator: Thread moved to the Windows guest area.

[SteS]

HI,

een though this post is quite old, I'm currently facing this exact problem. Has anyone been able to solve it?

The normal Windows user is part of the "Network Configuration Operators" group, but this doesn't seem to be sufficient. Although VMware doesn't request higher privileges, I still can't make any changes in the "Virtual Network Editor." However, with the change, the user can now change the network properties in Windows (change IP and name, disable interface, etc.).
Does anyone have experience with this or have a good link for me?

Thanks a lot

Beste regards