User Permissions Groups in Win XP

From: Julian Williams (jgwilliams@ntlworld.com)
Date: 08/28/02 

From: "Julian Williams" <jgwilliams@ntlworld.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:06:54 -0700

I'm using Win XP Professional (single PC for family use)
and am wondering how I set up family members as anything
with anything other than 'Administrator' or 'Limited User'
user privileges.

In 'MS Windows XP Inside Out' by Bott & Siechert, it
describes the following types of User Groups as being
available in XP Pro: Backup Operators, Help Services,
Network Configuration Operators, Power Users, Remote
Desktop Users and Replicators. Why is it that I can only
access 'Administrator' and 'Limited User'?

Also, I've been using the PC (logging in under my own user-
name and password) with Administrator rights, but have
recently decided against this. However, when I logged-in
recently as Administratoro with the intention of changing
my provileges to 'Power User', not only did I find that
there is no Power User Group on my PC, but that I had to
keep at least one user with 'Administrator' rights - i.e.
other than THE Administrator!

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Control Panel Applets restrictions
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  • Re: Messed up Administrator User Account
    ... Logon as the built in administrator account to make necessary changes. ... for this user's log in (john) to "Power User". ... administrator rights no longer has administrator rights and now only has ...
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  • Re: Administrator Vs. Administrators
    ... Administrator rights can do. ... You might want to create a Power User ... group which has less authority than an Administrator. ...
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  • Re: How do I log in as Administrator
    ... Once you have created regular user accounts, the default Administrator ... Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice at the Welcome screen to retrieve the ... Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen ... At start up my | family members' accounts appear but not the | Administrator's account. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: How do I log in as Administrator
    ... logs in as the administrator, but only an administrator can do this. ... then the built in Administrator account does not appear on the ... | family members' accounts appear but not the ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)