standard vs. restricted

[Garrett Otondo]

I was wondering if anybody would be able to give me some
info. on the differences btwn a standard user and a
restricted user.

Any info would be great.

thx

garrett

[Kelli Zielinski [MSFT]]

Garret -

Take a look at this page; it's got a table showing what each account has
permission to do:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/guide/conf
igaccount.asp

Hope this helps! Let me know if you need more information.

--
Kelli Zielinski [MSFT]

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
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"Garrett Otondo" > wrote in message
...
> I was wondering if anybody would be able to give me some
> info. on the differences btwn a standard user and a
> restricted user.
>
> Any info would be great.
>
> thx
>
> garrett

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

XP Home has "Computer Administrator" and "Limited" accounts. Using
Windows 2000 terms, these are the "Administrators" and "Users" groups.
XP Pro adds "Power Users" capability as well as the other win2K groups.
And of course, there are the "Guests" group and the "Guest" account.

Administrators have full power, Power Users can install some software
and configure some devices and networks. Users cannot install software,
although they can run just about everything, cannot change network or
printer configurations, and often cannot install viruses. Guests cannot
initiate or terminate network connections.

XP has a common problem with the Users group and that is that many
applications, particularly games, do not install properly and fail to
allow Users to run them. These problems can often be fixed by changing
permissions in Program Files and in HKLM in the system registry hive.
Power Users can usually run all software since they have access to these
two locations that are forbidden to Users.

Software vendors should get their act together and change their programs
and installers to work properly with Limited Accounts. Using a limited
account is a great security feature of XP that should not be taken
lightly.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Garrett Otondo" > wrote in message
...
> I was wondering if anybody would be able to give me some
> info. on the differences btwn a standard user and a
> restricted user.
>
> Any info would be great.
>
> thx
>
> garrett