We have a small work group of 15 users on Win XP. When setting up user accounts; there are only two options; limited and admin. How do I activate power user. These computers do not belong to AD or a domain.
Thanks for your help in this matter!
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Go to computer management-users and groups and on the user of choice go to the member of tab and make them a member of the power users group...you will have to type power users in the box and select check name for it to auto-populate.
Hi PJ: Thanks for your email. When I use the control userpasswords2 and attempt to change it to power user, I get the following error message: "The user could not be added because the following error has occurred: The group name could not be found".
Try this method: 1. select user from list, click Properties. 2. Select Group Membership 3. Select Other, then Power Users from drop down menu. 4. Click OK.
By default there should be a Power Users group already there. Is XP installed via a Restore disk or a proper Windows XP disk? Are you using XP Home or some other version of XP?
To test if Power Users exists or not, load the 'Local Settings Policy' admin tool (secpol.msc) and see if Power Users is mentioned in any of the User Rights Assigments eg Change the system time Profile single process Remove computer from docking station Shut down the system
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We have a small work group of 15 users on Win XP.
When setting up user accounts; there are only two options; limited and admin. How do I activate power user. These computers do not belong to AD or a domain.
Thanks for your help in this matter!