Re: Help with User Groups (XP Pro)

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 06/13/02 

From: "Roger Abell" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:26:06 -0700

It sounds as if you have found one of the ways to do this.
When an account's membership does not fit one of the few
pre-defined patterns is just displays that it is different by
using the unknown label you see.
Go into the interface again and see what accounts are in
the Administrators, Power Users, Users groups. You will
likely see the account you changed in the groups you expect.

BTW, in the user/group picker you get when you are adding
a user to a group, click on the Advanced ... at the bottom,
and then on Find Now in order to get the full list from which
to choose instead of typing it in. 

--
Roger Abell
MVP (Windows Platform)  Associate Expert
The Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Rick" <rnstreet@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:mYON8.263752$ah_.10729@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> 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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