MS XP User Manager

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Maurice Helwig

I do some volunteer work at Queensland Mailbox Bible club (
www.qmbc.org.au ) here in Brisbane Australia. I help to look after the 6
computers on a network all running Win NT4

I have just replaced 2 computers. The new ones are using Win XP
Professional with SP2 and all is working fine except that in Microsoft's
wisdom (or otherwise) the user manager in XP only gives you a choice of
"Administrator" or "Limited" users. The "Limited" user is too
restrictive and the "administrator" lets the user change everything
which we do not want.

On Win Nt4 we use a "Power users" setting in the user manager but XP
does not seem to have this feature.

Does anyone know of a freeware user manager that can be used in this
situation.

My apologies if I have offended anyone by talking about
$$$$Microsoft$$$$ but I have searched the net a fair bit without success
and I thought someone here might know the answer. It may be of help to
others also.

Many an answer given to someone else's enquiry on this newsgroup has
helped me also, so Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Maurice Helwig

moritzATspinDOTnetDOTau
 
Maurice Helwig wrote:
[SNIPped can't find how to create a "Power User" under XP Pros...]

They hid it well:
Start->Administrative Tools->Computer Management
Then look in "Local Users and Groups".

Of course, if you are running a winders domain, you are SOL as NT and XP
don't play in the same domain space.

Cheers,
Gary B-)
 
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* Reply by Jack D. Russell, Sr. <[email protected]>
* Newsgroup alt.comp.freeware
* Reply to: All; "Maurice Helwig" <[email protected]>
* Date:Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:38:15 -0500
* Subj: MS XP User Manager
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MH>I have just replaced 2 computers. The new ones are using Win XP
MH>Professional with SP2 and all is working fine except that in
MH>Microsoft's wisdom (or otherwise) the user manager in XP only
MH>gives you a choice of "Administrator" or "Limited" users. The
MH>"Limited" user is too restrictive and the "administrator" lets
MH>the user change everything which we do not want.

MH>On Win Nt4 we use a "Power users" setting in the user manager
MH>but XP does not seem to have this feature.

MH>Does anyone know of a freeware user manager that can be used in
MH>this situation.

MH>My apologies if I have offended anyone by talking about
MH>$$$$Microsoft$$$$ but I have searched the net a fair bit without
MH>success and I thought someone here might know the answer. It
MH>may be of help to others also.


<QUOTE>I have searched the net a fair bit without success </QUOTE>
???
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment
 
Gary said:
Maurice Helwig wrote:
[SNIPped can't find how to create a "Power User" under XP Pros...]

They hid it well:
Start->Administrative Tools->Computer Management
Then look in "Local Users and Groups".

Of course, if you are running a winders domain, you are SOL as NT and XP
don't play in the same domain space.

Cheers,
Gary B-)
Click to expand...
Thank you for your help

One of my big gripes with $$$Microsoft$$$ software (besides the $$$) is
the way they put settings in strange places and make it so hard to find
them. There must be a better way to do it - or is it deliberate. Anyway
Thank you once again

Maurice Helwig
 
Gary said:
Maurice Helwig wrote:
[SNIPped can't find how to create a "Power User" under XP Pros...]

They hid it well:
Start->Administrative Tools->Computer Management
Then look in "Local Users and Groups".

Of course, if you are running a winders domain, you are SOL as NT and XP
don't play in the same domain space.

Cheers,
Gary B-)
Click to expand...
Thank you for your help

One of my big gripes with $$$Microsoft$$$ software (besides the $$$) is
the way they put settings in strange places and make it so hard to find
them. There must be a better way to do it - or is it deliberate. Anyway
Click to expand...

You may wish to try unix or linux. :-)
 
Gary R. Schmidt said:
To quote the OP: "Win XP Professional with SP2"...
Click to expand...



Oh, I missed that! Oops. I wonder if the OP is actually
simply mistaken. With SP2 the splash screen is identical
regardless of the flavour of Windows. The symptoms fit
with it being XP Home instead of Pro.

Anyway, to the OP: If you are sure you are really using
Windows XP Professional, then try this at a CMD Prompt:

NET LOCALGROUP "Power Users" "%USERNAME%" /ADD

That should add the currently logged in user to the
Power Users group, if it exists (which it should).

I'll be posting back shortly after setting up a test XP
Pro machine to see if it is actually possible to delete
the Power Users group. If it is possible, then I'll
begin researching how to recreate it.
 
Andrew Z Carpenter said:
message
see if it is actually possible to delete the Power
Users group.
Click to expand...


Answer: It isn't. You receive the following message:

"The following error occurred while attempting to delete
the group Power Users:

Cannot perform this operation on built-in accounts."

So, it is not possible to (even accidentally) delete the
Power Users group.

So, either the OP is using XP Home, or they are using
the 'easy' cut-down User Management found under Control
Panel.

What they should use with XP Pro is the User Manager
found in the following location:

Start > Control Panel > [Performance and Maintenance] >
Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Local Users
and Groups > Users

It can also be reached by right-clicking the 'My
Computer' icon on the desktop, and choosing 'Manage'.
 
derek said:
Gary said:
Maurice Helwig wrote:
[SNIPped can't find how to create a "Power User" under XP Pros...]

They hid it well:
Start->Administrative Tools->Computer Management
Then look in "Local Users and Groups".

Of course, if you are running a winders domain, you are SOL as NT and XP
don't play in the same domain space.

Cheers,
Gary B-)
Click to expand...

Thank you for your help

One of my big gripes with $$$Microsoft$$$ software (besides the $$$) is
the way they put settings in strange places and make it so hard to find
them. There must be a better way to do it - or is it deliberate. Anyway
Click to expand...


You may wish to try unix or linux. :-)
Click to expand...

I am trying to become proficient in Linux and currently have 2 or 3
varities on my computer. Maybe one day I will take the big leap and move
to linux. I think that it is the future of software OS's

Maurice Helwig
 
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