Setting up new group with Power User capabilities

[Silverfox]

I just loaded Windows XP Home on one of my computers. I have Windows XP
Professional on another. I want to set up a group comparable to the XP
Professional Power User Group so I can run legacy applications on the XP
Home computer. I have a Sound Blaster Live card on the XP Home computer and
I cannot run the Play Center application when setting the account to limited
user. Also, the Win TV application does not run correctly on the accounts
setup as limited users. I saw an article on how to set this up but I cannot
remember where I saw it.

I would appreciate it if anyone knows how to do this, or can point me to
reference material so I can set this up.

[Sharon F]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 02:51:27 -0500, Silverfox wrote:

> I just loaded Windows XP Home on one of my computers. I have Windows XP
> Professional on another. I want to set up a group comparable to the XP
> Professional Power User Group so I can run legacy applications on the XP
> Home computer. I have a Sound Blaster Live card on the XP Home computer and
> I cannot run the Play Center application when setting the account to limited
> user. Also, the Win TV application does not run correctly on the accounts
> setup as limited users. I saw an article on how to set this up but I cannot
> remember where I saw it.
>
> I would appreciate it if anyone knows how to do this, or can point me to
> reference material so I can set this up.

XP Home does not have a power users group. Administrator and Limited are
the only choices for new user accounts.

Check the help file for information on "RunAs." It allows a user to run a
selected program with different credentials.

Also Doug Knox (MVP) has developed an application for administrator use
that might be able to help you accomplish what you want:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User

[Silverfox]

Thanks for the reference--I am going to give it a try. It seems that I can
leave the accounts set to administrator status this way so my programs would
run & then just adjust the programs and options for each user. This seems
better than trying to create a group.

I did find an article that showed how to create a group thru the registry
editor & set the security permissions that way. I did setup a Power User
group and then gave it read & write permissions and it seemed to work---I
just don't remember how I did it and I have since reloaded XP so I can't
check. I like Doug's program better though since it seems to give me more
options without messing around in the registry & causing potential problems.

Thanks again!
"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 02:51:27 -0500, Silverfox wrote:
>
> > I just loaded Windows XP Home on one of my computers. I have Windows XP
> > Professional on another. I want to set up a group comparable to the XP
> > Professional Power User Group so I can run legacy applications on the XP
> > Home computer. I have a Sound Blaster Live card on the XP Home computer
and
> > I cannot run the Play Center application when setting the account to
limited
> > user. Also, the Win TV application does not run correctly on the
accounts
> > setup as limited users. I saw an article on how to set this up but I
cannot
> > remember where I saw it.
> >
> > I would appreciate it if anyone knows how to do this, or can point me to
> > reference material so I can set this up.
>
> XP Home does not have a power users group. Administrator and Limited are
> the only choices for new user accounts.
>
> Check the help file for information on "RunAs." It allows a user to run a
> selected program with different credentials.
>
> Also Doug Knox (MVP) has developed an application for administrator use
> that might be able to help you accomplish what you want:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User

[Sharon F]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:12:04 -0500, Silverfox wrote:

> Thanks for the reference--I am going to give it a try. It seems that I can
> leave the accounts set to administrator status this way so my programs would
> run & then just adjust the programs and options for each user. This seems
> better than trying to create a group.
>
> I did find an article that showed how to create a group thru the registry
> editor & set the security permissions that way. I did setup a Power User
> group and then gave it read & write permissions and it seemed to work---I
> just don't remember how I did it and I have since reloaded XP so I can't
> check. I like Doug's program better though since it seems to give me more
> options without messing around in the registry & causing potential problems.
>
> Thanks again!

You're welcome. There is a place in XP Home where it looks like you can
create a Power User group (System Properties> User). But the MS Knowledge
Base if fraught with warnings against using it in XP Home.

Doug's program is very nice and fills a great need for XP Home
administrators that want to fine tune a setup for multiple users a little bit.
I'm glad that you have found it to be useful and I'm sure Doug would be
happy about that too.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User