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Guest
can any one tell me
what is the difference between
power user and restricted user
what is the difference between
power user and restricted user
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Demmpa
ani said:can any one tell me
what is the difference between
power user and restricted user
use google!
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic10064.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/power_user.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825069
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Steven L Umbach
The power user can also create new non privileged user accounts and groups
and manage both, can create shares on the computer, start/stop some
services, can install most software, and can write/delete to sensitive areas
of the operating system such as the program files and \Windows folders and
subfolders. It was common for applications to need access to those areas of
the operating system in the days of Windows NT4.0. If applications are
written to Microsoft's guidelines today or are certified for running on
Windows 2000/2003/XP then a regular restricted user should be able to use
them fine. Though not quite an administrator a power user can cause a lot of
mayhem on the computer and adding users to that group should be avoided if
at all possible. If an application does not work for a regular user but does
work for a power user it generally is quite easy to modify a few access
control lists to allow the application to run for a regular user.
Steve
and manage both, can create shares on the computer, start/stop some
services, can install most software, and can write/delete to sensitive areas
of the operating system such as the program files and \Windows folders and
subfolders. It was common for applications to need access to those areas of
the operating system in the days of Windows NT4.0. If applications are
written to Microsoft's guidelines today or are certified for running on
Windows 2000/2003/XP then a regular restricted user should be able to use
them fine. Though not quite an administrator a power user can cause a lot of
mayhem on the computer and adding users to that group should be avoided if
at all possible. If an application does not work for a regular user but does
work for a power user it generally is quite easy to modify a few access
control lists to allow the application to run for a regular user.
Steve
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Miha Pihler [MVP]
Hi,
If you are planning of making any of your users power user then you should
also check out these two articles:
Power Users are Admins who have not made themselves admins yet
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/03/12/421870.aspx
The Power in Power Users
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/05/power-in-power-users.html
If you are planning of making any of your users power user then you should
also check out these two articles:
Power Users are Admins who have not made themselves admins yet
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/03/12/421870.aspx
The Power in Power Users
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/05/power-in-power-users.html
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karl levinson, mvp
ani said:can any one tell me
what is the difference between
power user and restricted user
There isn't really an account as restricted user. You can place additional
restrictions on members of the "Users" group, but those restrictions would
vary because you enable them yourself.
Microsoft does not generally recommend using Power User, unless you have
legacy software that you cannot get to run as a regular user even after
changing file and registry permissions.
Another reason to run Power Users would be if you want to reduce computer
support overhead by allowing users to install some of their own software and
do other computer management actions without calling for help. Doing this
allows users to change their computer configuration away from whatever
default you've set up, and some environments find that undesirable for
support reasons.