Re: user account types

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 07/06/05


Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:46:50 -0700

Try letting the account be member of both Users and Power Users groups.

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
"JohnB" <JohnB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:76B24F19-69C2-4FB5-862B-C26B5FBFACD7@microsoft.com...
> I had to use Classic Mode to change an account type from 'User' to 'Power
> User' since the normal XP mode offered User or Administrator types only.
> When viewing user account in normal XP mode I get 'unknown user type'.
> Question: does the account have 'User' or 'Power User' rights?
> -- 
> jb


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