Change ownership of computer and queue objects

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To change ownership of computer and queue objects

Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
On the View menu, click Users, Groups, and Computers as containers, and then click Advanced Features.
To change the ownership of a computer (an msmq object), in the console tree, right-click msmq.

Where?
- Active Directory Users and Computers/YourDomain/YourOrganizationalUnit (such as Computers or Domain Controllers)/*YourComputer/*msmq
Or, to change the ownership of a queue, right-click the applicable queue.

Where?
- Active Directory Users and Computers\ YourDomain\ YourOrganizationalUnit (such as Computers or Domain Controllers)\ YourComputer\ msmq\ YourQueueFolder (Private Queues for a private queue)\ YourQueue
Click Properties.
On the Security page, click Advanced.
On the Owner page, in Change Owner to, click a new user or group, and then click OK.

Notes

To open Active Directory Users and Computers, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
By default, the computer account is the owner of the msmq object, unless routing or the Downlevel Client Support component is enabled on the server. In that case, the creator is the owner. For the queue object, the creator is the owner by default.
When a local user (a user not logged on to a Windows Server 2003 family domain) creates an object, the Everyone group is granted Full Control permissions for the object.
There can be only one owner per Message Queuing computer or queue.
This procedure cannot be used to change the ownership of a private queue on a remote computer.

Your server might function differently based on the version and edition of the operating system that is installed, your account permissions, and your menu settings. For more information, see Viewing Help on the Web.