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

Chuck

I have turned off the XP desktop and use the Classic one, so it looks like Win 2K.

On my Desktop I have the "My Computer" icon. Right-clicking, I see the word "Manage" just above the first divider line.

With the XP desktop I don't think you'll even see that icon. But an item for it is there off the Start button, and I have seen other XP machines here that have the Manage when you right-click that item. Don't know otherwise.

Control Panel on mine no longer has "Users and Passwords", rather it has "User Accounts". And that is nothing like what you describe.

On Control Panel I found "Administrative Tools", and under there, "Computer Management", which gets me to the same as the "Manage" item. And from the "Users and groups" item there I can put users into lots of different groups, including "Power Users".

Is it possible that you do not have Administrative Tools activated? Right-click the start button, take properties, and configure whatever you have there.

Good luck
Vern

At 12:41 PM 10/5/2004, you wrote:

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

-----Original Message-----
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 didnâ??t get any feedback so Iâ??ll
>try again â?º
>
>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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