XP Home and user accounts and wireless network

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I have added a new PC (running XP home) to my wireless home LAN and
installed 5 user accounts on it. 2 are admin accounts and 3 are limited
accounts. The PC connects to the internet using a USB wireless network
adapter to a wireless ADSL router. The admin accounts can see the
network adapter and set the necessary information up and start the
connection. The limited accounts can use the connection only after it
has been started by by one of the admins. I'd like the limited acounts
to be able to see it and start it too - but it seems that only admins
can?! Is there any way to do this without making all accounts admins?

Thanks for any help...
 
The admin accounts can see the
network adapter and set the necessary information up and start the
connection. The limited accounts can use the connection only after it
has been started by by one of the admins. I'd like the limited acounts
to be able to see it and start it too - but it seems that only admins
can?! Is there any way to do this without making all accounts admins?
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What in the devil do you mean "start the connection?"

Why do you have to "start" anything in order connect to the Internet?
isn't DSL connections full-time, on-all-the-time? I think.

Clarify.
 
Yes - the DSL connection from the router to the internet is a permanent
conenction. For this new PC, if I log on an admin account the
connection to the router (and hence to the internet) is there straight
away. The admin accounts can start and stop the connection to the
router. The limited accounts cannot. If they want to connect to the
router they require one of the admin accounts to start the connection
first.

I hope that clarifies.
 
Yes - the DSL connection from the router to the internet is a permanent
conenction. For this new PC, if I log on an admin account the
connection to the router (and hence to the internet) is there straight
away. The admin accounts can start and stop the connection to the
router. The limited accounts cannot. If they want to connect to the
router they require one of the admin accounts to start the connection
first.
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Have u set up the server for domain/Active Directory or are u
workgroup only?
 
I'm not sure which server you are referring to? The PCs in the network
just connect to the wireless router - there is no server (that I am
aware of)
 
I'm not sure which server you are referring to? The PCs in the network
just connect to the wireless router - there is no server (that I am
aware of)
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OK then the only thing I can think of is, the network driver,
plug-ins, util etc was somehow installed for use for administrators
only. I have no idea how this could happend.
 
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