User can only save files to desktop.

Hello,
We recently purchased/deployed a MacPro workstation w/Snow Leopard v10.6.8 to a member of our Marketing Dept. The server is bound to our Active Directory domain and the domain user account has local admin rights.
We copied files over from another Mac. However, this user can only save to his desktop and not directly to other folders on the HDD. He can copy files from the desktop to other folders, but is prompted for admin credentials each time.
I've located the following article that discusses the "Repair Privileges" utility, but I hesistate to proceeed without being a little more certain.
Suggestions?
TIA, Tom W.

Hey Niel,
Your suggestion along with this article seems to have been the answer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963
Thanks,
Tom W.

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