Help with User Groups (XP Pro)

From: Rick (rnstreet@rogers.com)
Date: 06/12/02 

From: "Rick" <rnstreet@rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:22:26 GMT

I assigned a pw to the Administrator account and, while in Admin, ran
control userpasswords2 to make some modifications to my User account. Set a
pw, then under Advanced/Advanced Local Users and Groups went to change my
Member of: Group from the default Administrator (XP set this on
installation) to Power Users. When I click Add I don't understand how to
find the list of groups so I typed it (Power Users) into the Enter Object
Name box. Then Removed the Administrators. Things seem to work BUT in the
Welcome sign on it shows that the User is a member of an unknown group.

Could someone please tell me how to change a User account from Administrator
to Power User so that XP properly recognizes it?

Thanks for your advice.

Rick

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