RE: Trying again - Windows XP Pro "Security/UserSetup" Question(s)

Vern,

I must be blind or something but I go to My Computer and right click and to
not see anything like "Manage". I know what you are talking about because I
used that under W2K. You went to Control Panel/Users and Passwords and
clicked on the Advanced tab and then clicked on the Advanced button under
Advanced User Management...

Thanks,

Chuck

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From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 3:34 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Trying again - Windows XP Pro "Security/UserSetup"
Question(s)

Chuck, I believe computer administrator is the same as in Win2K Pro - is a 
member of the Administrators group - all power. You can see this better if 
you go to My Computer, right-click to get context menu, then select 
"Manage". In there you can go to Local Users and Groups" - something like 
that - click on Group and see the descriptions.

Limited seems to put the person in the "Users" group, not the "Power Users" 
group.

I have to say that I wish MS had not made things "easier" for us - I would 
never advise using the Network so-called wizard - do it the "hard" way, as 
we are used to doing.

If you want to add users, go to "Manage" and the item I spoke of above and 
add them there - you can decide there which groups to put them into.

HTH a little.
Vern

At 02:36 PM 10/4/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>Originally posted this a week ago and didn’t get any feedback so I’ll 
>try again ☺
>
>JUST starting to get PC's in with Windows XP Pro. We have a mix, but the 
>majority of PC's currently are W2K Pro. In that you have the Administrator 
>account and then you can obviously create a User account and have as
>choices:
>
>Standard
>
>Restricted
>
>Other
>
>And you can pretty well "tailor" things within those.
>
>In XP Pro you set the "boot" Administrator/password and the have to setup 
>up a PC "Administrator" and then can create a "User" account. And when you 
>do this you get:
>
>Computer administrator
>
>Limited
>
>So what is the correlation between W2K Pro and XP Pro ?
>
>I'm "thinking" the Computer administrator on XP Pro is not near as 
>powerful as the Administrator on W2K Pro - is that correct ? They even say 
>that if stuff won't run, etc. as Limited then choose Computer
administrator.
>
>So maybe I am thinking of XP Pro in the wrong light - Administrator on W2K 
>Pro is the "boot" Administrator on XP Pro and then the "regular user" on 
>W2K Pro is the Computer Administrator on XP Pro ?
>
>Thanks for any help !
>
>Chuck
>
>
>
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