Limited Access Account

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Ginni

It is my understanding that a Guest Account by default
does not have access to the internet. However, we have my
son set up using a Limited account, and he no longer can
access the internet either. I could have sworn he could
before. Am I losing it? What could ahve changed? How
can I make it so he can get to the Internet without being
an Adminstrator?
We are running XP Pro and connect through Cable Modem
Thank you!
Ginni
 
From your son's account: Go to start - run and type cmd. In the command
window, type ipconfig /all and post your results here. A limited user
certainly can access the Internet (I am right now - it's downright dangerous
to run as an administrator all of the time) so we need to figure out where
things are breaking down.
 
-----Original Message-----
It is my understanding that a Guest Account by default
does not have access to the internet. However, we have my
son set up using a Limited account, and he no longer can
access the internet either. I could have sworn he could
before. Am I losing it? What could ahve changed? How
can I make it so he can get to the Internet without being
an Adminstrator?
We are running XP Pro and connect through Cable Modem
Thank you!
Ginni
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hi ginni!
try this:
go to networksettings....
go to the tcp/ip perfences....
check the dns addy and the ip´s
if there is nothing in the boxes try to give your pc the
ip you got from your isp. also the dns.
if you don´t know the ip and dns go to the account where
the internet works and look up for settings.
or easier: go to commandline and type in: IPCONFIG and
press enter
then you see the ip and dns.
try this.
if it work´s or not please, write me an e-mail!
hope i could help you
(sorry for bad english! i am from austria and only good
in german!)
 
Here are the results:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Loft_Dell
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ne1.client2.attbi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-B9-DC-03
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.19
216.148.227.79
 
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