User Permissions - Limited/Admin half way house?

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Richard Bagnall

Is there no way to set up a user with permissions halfway
between "limited" and "administrator" with XP Pro? I think
I'm being a bit thick, but I can't find a way.
My "Limited" user can't even set screensaver settings, but
I don't want her to have full admin privilegfes just to be
able to do things like this.

Best Regards,

Richard Bagnall
 
Richard Bagnall said:
Is there no way to set up a user with permissions halfway
between "limited" and "administrator" with XP Pro? I think
I'm being a bit thick, but I can't find a way.
My "Limited" user can't even set screensaver settings, but
I don't want her to have full admin privilegfes just to be
able to do things like this.

Best Regards,

Richard Bagnall
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There is a "Power User" option but you can't access it from Control
Panel-User Accounts. You need to do it through Control Panel-Administration
Tools-Computer Management-Users and Groups

HTH
 
Richard said:
Is there no way to set up a user with permissions halfway
between "limited" and "administrator" with XP Pro? I think
I'm being a bit thick, but I can't find a way.
My "Limited" user can't even set screensaver settings, but
I don't want her to have full admin privilegfes just to be
able to do things like this.
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You are treating Windows XP Pro like it is XP Home and you aren't treating
it like a systems administrator at all. You need to start using the
computer management, group policies, local policies and the likes. There
you can create groups, manage users, set file and directory permissions and
actually "administer" your PCs.

HOW TO: Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419&Product=winxp

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

Those may help you get started. Otherwise, I suggest google and Microsoft
searches for the terms I mentioned above. It will take some reading and
effort on your part, but in the end it should be worth it.
 
Excellent answer Stanley - thanks for helping this lurker
that hasn't been ableto figure out "how" to ask it!

Pop
 
Richard said:
Is there no way to set up a user with permissions halfway
between "limited" and "administrator" with XP Pro? I think
I'm being a bit thick, but I can't find a way.
My "Limited" user can't even set screensaver settings, but
I don't want her to have full admin privilegfes just to be
able to do things like this.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
You are treating Windows XP Pro like it is XP Home and you aren't
treating it like a systems administrator at all. You need to start
using the computer management, group policies, local policies and
the likes. There you can create groups, manage users, set file and
directory permissions and actually "administer" your PCs.

HOW TO: Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files
and Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419&Product=winxp

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

Those may help you get started. Otherwise, I suggest google and
Microsoft searches for the terms I mentioned above. It will take
some reading and effort on your part, but in the end it should be
worth it.
Click to expand...


Pop said:
Excellent answer Stanley - thanks for helping this lurker
that hasn't been ableto figure out "how" to ask it!

Pop
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You're welcome. I hope it helps the OP as well.
 
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