Re: [PCTECH] Trying again - Windows XP Pro "Security/User Setup" Question(s)

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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