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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up a power
user account, but the only options available are admin and limited. I've
heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything in read on
XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

This confused me at first also. Go to Start, then Run, and type in

control userpasswords2

and press Enter.

In the dialog that appears, you can either add an account or check the
properties of an account. Clicking on the Properties box will give you
another window. There will be a tab that says Group Membership. On that tab
you can click Other, and in the drop down box will be all sorts of account
choices - Power User included.

You can also go through Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Computer
Management to achieve the same effect.

"Ron" wrote:

> I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up a power
> user account, but the only options available are admin and limited. I've
> heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything in read on
> XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thanks. That worked!

Two related questions:
1) on my other computer running XP Pro, when I log off of one account, a
screen appears that allows me to either log off or change user. On this
computer, I only get the log off option. How can I change this?
2) on the other computer when I power up, a screen appears with icons for
each user account. On this computer, I get a screen that requires that I
type in a user name and password. I'd rather have the other icon based
screen. How do I convert that?

Ron

"usasma" wrote:

> This confused me at first also. Go to Start, then Run, and type in
>
> control userpasswords2
>
> and press Enter.
>
> In the dialog that appears, you can either add an account or check the
> properties of an account. Clicking on the Properties box will give you
> another window. There will be a tab that says Group Membership. On that tab
> you can click Other, and in the drop down box will be all sorts of account
> choices - Power User included.
>
> You can also go through Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Computer
> Management to achieve the same effect.
>
> "Ron" wrote:
>
> > I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up a power
> > user account, but the only options available are admin and limited. I've
> > heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything in read on
> > XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi,

Answer to both is to enable Fast User Switching (FUS) in the Users applet of
the Control Panel (see "change the way users log on and log off). You need
to enable both the Welcome screen and FUS.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EBD2BA4E-CE94-43AC-97B7-BFBF23934900@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. That worked!
>
> Two related questions:
> 1) on my other computer running XP Pro, when I log off of one account, a
> screen appears that allows me to either log off or change user. On this
> computer, I only get the log off option. How can I change this?
> 2) on the other computer when I power up, a screen appears with icons for
> each user account. On this computer, I get a screen that requires that I
> type in a user name and password. I'd rather have the other icon based
> screen. How do I convert that?
>
> Ron
>
> "usasma" wrote:
>
>> This confused me at first also. Go to Start, then Run, and type in
>>
>> control userpasswords2
>>
>> and press Enter.
>>
>> In the dialog that appears, you can either add an account or check the
>> properties of an account. Clicking on the Properties box will give you
>> another window. There will be a tab that says Group Membership. On that
>> tab
>> you can click Other, and in the drop down box will be all sorts of
>> account
>> choices - Power User included.
>>
>> You can also go through Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Computer
>> Management to achieve the same effect.
>>
>> "Ron" wrote:
>>
>> > I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up a
>> > power
>> > user account, but the only options available are admin and limited.
>> > I've
>> > heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything in
>> > read on
>> > XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thanks for the reply!

When I try enabling FUS as you suggest, I get a msg that "NetWare has
disabled the Welcome screen and FUS. To retore these features, uninstall
Client Services for NetWare"

What's this NetWare?

Ron

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Answer to both is to enable Fast User Switching (FUS) in the Users applet of
> the Control Panel (see "change the way users log on and log off). You need
> to enable both the Welcome screen and FUS.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EBD2BA4E-CE94-43AC-97B7-BFBF23934900@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks. That worked!
> >
> > Two related questions:
> > 1) on my other computer running XP Pro, when I log off of one account, a
> > screen appears that allows me to either log off or change user. On this
> > computer, I only get the log off option. How can I change this?
> > 2) on the other computer when I power up, a screen appears with icons for
> > each user account. On this computer, I get a screen that requires that I
> > type in a user name and password. I'd rather have the other icon based
> > screen. How do I convert that?
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > "usasma" wrote:
> >
> >> This confused me at first also. Go to Start, then Run, and type in
> >>
> >> control userpasswords2
> >>
> >> and press Enter.
> >>
> >> In the dialog that appears, you can either add an account or check the
> >> properties of an account. Clicking on the Properties box will give you
> >> another window. There will be a tab that says Group Membership. On that
> >> tab
> >> you can click Other, and in the drop down box will be all sorts of
> >> account
> >> choices - Power User included.
> >>
> >> You can also go through Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Computer
> >> Management to achieve the same effect.
> >>
> >> "Ron" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up a
> >> > power
> >> > user account, but the only options available are admin and limited.
> >> > I've
> >> > heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything in
> >> > read on
> >> > XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi,

It's a network protocol. If it is installed, then FUS is not supported. If
it is unneeded, then uninstall it by right clicking your connection in the
networking folder and checking properties. It will be one of the installed
services or protocols. Whether or not you actually need it depends on the
type of connection you have.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE1F3232-99AB-4B67-AAE2-B90EDBD1CAA8@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> When I try enabling FUS as you suggest, I get a msg that "NetWare has
> disabled the Welcome screen and FUS. To retore these features, uninstall
> Client Services for NetWare"
>
> What's this NetWare?
>
> Ron
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Answer to both is to enable Fast User Switching (FUS) in the Users applet
>> of
>> the Control Panel (see "change the way users log on and log off). You
>> need
>> to enable both the Welcome screen and FUS.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EBD2BA4E-CE94-43AC-97B7-BFBF23934900@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks. That worked!
>> >
>> > Two related questions:
>> > 1) on my other computer running XP Pro, when I log off of one account,
>> > a
>> > screen appears that allows me to either log off or change user. On
>> > this
>> > computer, I only get the log off option. How can I change this?
>> > 2) on the other computer when I power up, a screen appears with icons
>> > for
>> > each user account. On this computer, I get a screen that requires that
>> > I
>> > type in a user name and password. I'd rather have the other icon based
>> > screen. How do I convert that?
>> >
>> > Ron
>> >
>> > "usasma" wrote:
>> >
>> >> This confused me at first also. Go to Start, then Run, and type in
>> >>
>> >> control userpasswords2
>> >>
>> >> and press Enter.
>> >>
>> >> In the dialog that appears, you can either add an account or check the
>> >> properties of an account. Clicking on the Properties box will give
>> >> you
>> >> another window. There will be a tab that says Group Membership. On
>> >> that
>> >> tab
>> >> you can click Other, and in the drop down box will be all sorts of
>> >> account
>> >> choices - Power User included.
>> >>
>> >> You can also go through Control Panel...Administrative
>> >> Tools...Computer
>> >> Management to achieve the same effect.
>> >>
>> >> "Ron" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up
>> >> > a
>> >> > power
>> >> > user account, but the only options available are admin and limited.
>> >> > I've
>> >> > heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything
>> >> > in
>> >> > read on
>> >> > XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
>>
>>
>>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

I've successfully changed the options to allow power users and have set up
two such accounts. However, they don't have the same ability as an
administrator to run an ebook program that I'm told by the supplier should
work when set up this way. I've also observed that when I'm in one of these
power user accounts and check the type of account, it's listed there as an
"unknown account type". I'm wondering if that's a XP problem, not allowing
full Power User capability when set up this way. Or is it an ebook problem?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Ron

"usasma" wrote:

> This confused me at first also. Go to Start, then Run, and type in
>
> control userpasswords2
>
> and press Enter.
>
> In the dialog that appears, you can either add an account or check the
> properties of an account. Clicking on the Properties box will give you
> another window. There will be a tab that says Group Membership. On that tab
> you can click Other, and in the drop down box will be all sorts of account
> choices - Power User included.
>
> You can also go through Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Computer
> Management to achieve the same effect.
>
> "Ron" wrote:
>
> > I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up a power
> > user account, but the only options available are admin and limited. I've
> > heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything in read on
> > XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi,

The "unknown account type" is normal, it is not of concern.

The problem is that the user group or account does not sufficient privileges
to the program installation folder. You need to give the users "read and
execute" permissions at a minimum. I have seen some cases where full control
is required as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ronsba" <ronsba@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A1600659-A78B-40F6-9D91-865DEF7822A3@microsoft.com...
> I've successfully changed the options to allow power users and have set up
> two such accounts. However, they don't have the same ability as an
> administrator to run an ebook program that I'm told by the supplier should
> work when set up this way. I've also observed that when I'm in one of
> these
> power user accounts and check the type of account, it's listed there as an
> "unknown account type". I'm wondering if that's a XP problem, not
> allowing
> full Power User capability when set up this way. Or is it an ebook
> problem?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Ron
>
> "usasma" wrote:
>
>> This confused me at first also. Go to Start, then Run, and type in
>>
>> control userpasswords2
>>
>> and press Enter.
>>
>> In the dialog that appears, you can either add an account or check the
>> properties of an account. Clicking on the Properties box will give you
>> another window. There will be a tab that says Group Membership. On that
>> tab
>> you can click Other, and in the drop down box will be all sorts of
>> account
>> choices - Power User included.
>>
>> You can also go through Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Computer
>> Management to achieve the same effect.
>>
>> "Ron" wrote:
>>
>> > I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2 and am trying to set up a
>> > power
>> > user account, but the only options available are admin and limited.
>> > I've
>> > heard that XP Home is limited to these two options, but everything in
>> > read on
>> > XP Pro says that I should be able to set up Power Users. Help!
 
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