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by davilaja

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Recentley I upgraded from XP Hme to XP Pro for more security, like adding some people as power users so they can download Software, but not be able to make changes to the system, etc.
When I go to the group accounts, my only choices are Arministrator or User, like I had in XP Home, this PC is not part of a Domain, just a workgroup; If I go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Local Users & Groups then groups and add users to as Power users, it shows these users as unknown user grou and treat them as Users.
Does anybody know how I can can change this to set up Power users?

Thanks

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by the altruist

Heh. I had to look that one up. It's been awhile. ;-)

In a run box "control userpasswords2"
Select the user.
Hit Properties.
Hit the Group Membership tab.
I think you can figure out the rest.

by davilaja

That is the screen I am looking for, but anyway, when I go to users it shows unknown User account Type.

by davilaja

Thanks for this I will give it a shoot and see what happens I will post the result.
Thanks a lot!

by davilaja

I installed in my PC, it was easy to set up, but the other users could not saved anything, I took the disk protection on & off and same result, IE, my son plays Star Wars Lego, and when he came back to play he had to start all over, I uninstall it.

by Former member

Normally in XP Pro, through the Control Panel / User Accounts icon, you are only allowed to create administrators or limited users.
If you want to create
1.Right click on My Computer
2.Manage
3.Local Users and Groups
4.Users
5.Right click on the user you want to change
6.Properties
7.Member of tab
8.Add button
9.Advanced button
10.Find Now button
11.From here you see the full list of possibilities (e.g. Power User, Backup Operator etc.)
Hope this helps you out.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by davilaja

Thanks for the input, I did that and it adds the user to a group, I.E. "Power User", no problem, but in Contro Panel/ User Accounts, it shows Unkown account type, and tret that user as "Limited User" instead of "Power User". Not sure if this is happening because that PC in not in a Domain, just a Workgroup, but I have a laptop with XP pro which also use at home, and I do get that screen for Power Users, etc.

Thanks

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