User Privleges

[Ron Crain]

XP only allows 2 types of users from what I can see. Administrator or
Limited User.
I would like to have a user who is allowed to install programs - yet not
allowed to change IP addresses.

Is this possible?

[Walter Clayton]

Not with HE. Pro has a more sophisticated security paradigm that would allow
such.

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"Ron Crain" > wrote in message
...
> XP only allows 2 types of users from what I can see. Administrator or
> Limited User.
> I would like to have a user who is allowed to install programs - yet not
> allowed to change IP addresses.
>
> Is this possible?
>
>

[Ron Crain]

This is with Pro. I only see two options. Is there a switch I need to
flip?

"Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
...
| Not with HE. Pro has a more sophisticated security paradigm that would
allow
| such.
|
| --
| Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
| Associate Expert
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
| http://www.dts-l.org
| http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
|
|
| "Ron Crain" > wrote in message
| ...
| > XP only allows 2 types of users from what I can see. Administrator or
| > Limited User.
| > I would like to have a user who is allowed to install programs - yet not
| > allowed to change IP addresses.
| >
| > Is this possible?
| >
| >
|
|

[Ron Crain]

That did the trick, thanks a bunch.

"Tom Porterfield" > wrote in message
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| No, but you need to do it in a different place. Go to Control Panel,
| Administrative Tools, Computer Management. Under System Tools select
| Local Users and Groups and then Users. There you will see a list of all
| user accounts defined on the computer. Double click the account you want
| to modify and go to the Member Of tab. There you can specify which groups
| the user should be in. Each group has its own set of permissions and
| capabilities you'll want to research those in the help system to get the
| desired level of access.
|
| Power User might be the level you are looking for, you'll have to
| experiment and see. Additionally you can run gpedit.msc to modify the
| policies for users or for the machine.