Re: Help with User Groups (XP Pro)

From: Rick (rnstreet@rogers.com)
Date: 06/13/02


From: "Rick" <rnstreet@rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:49:23 GMT


Roger, thank you very much for the advice. The 'Find Now' is exactly what I
needed.

"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:#F0BfDqECHA.2440@tkmsftngp05...
> 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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