Guest Alan Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 This is probably a simple, stupid question to many, but here goes. I have XP Home at home and only have two user groups: Computer Administrator and Limited. I see lots of references to other groups like Power Users or Backup Administrators with different levels of privileges. Is it possible to create new groups in XP Home? Thanks for info.
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: user groups in xp No, since the Local Users and Groups tool is not enabled in XP Home. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Alan" <aprochaska1@gmail.com> wrote in message news:49491d20-cd81-42e8-ab0e-172a063b99ea@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > This is probably a simple, stupid question to many, but here goes. > > I have XP Home at home and only have two user groups: Computer > Administrator and Limited. I see lots of references to other groups > like Power Users or Backup Administrators with different levels of > privileges. Is it possible to create new groups in XP Home? > > Thanks for info.
Guest Censored Syndrome Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: user groups in xp "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> wrote in message news:FA248CDD-873B-4631-9BF0-C8853CD1ED76@microsoft.com... > No, since the Local Users and Groups tool is not enabled in XP Home. > And nor is there the NTFS Security tab, anyway, I think (I have never actually used Home for any length of time). ss.
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: user groups in xp See http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, How do I Get the Security Tab in XP Home -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Censored Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message news:OJ5Fxs%234IHA.776@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> wrote in message > news:FA248CDD-873B-4631-9BF0-C8853CD1ED76@microsoft.com... >> No, since the Local Users and Groups tool is not enabled in XP Home. >> > > And nor is there the NTFS Security tab, anyway, I think (I have never > actually used Home for any length of time). > > ss. >
Guest Alan Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: user groups in xp On Jul 12, 12:16 am, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dkno...@Spammvps.org> wrote: > Seewww.dougknox.com, WinXPTips, How do I Get the Security Tab inXPHome > > -- > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart > Display\Security > Win 95/98/Me/XPTweaks and Fixeshttp://www.dougknox.com > -------------------------------- > Per user Group Policy Restrictions forXPHome andXPProhttp://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm > -------------------------------- > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. > > "Censored Syndrome" <syna...@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message > > news:OJ5Fxs%234IHA.776@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > > "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dkno...@Spammvps.org> wrote in message > >news:FA248CDD-873B-4631-9BF0-C8853CD1ED76@microsoft.com... > >> No, since the Local Users andGroupstool is not enabled inXPHome. > > > And nor is there the NTFS Security tab, anyway, I think (I have never > > actually used Home for any length of time). > > > ss. OK, this probably seems dorky, but I'm still stuck, and since it involves system security I don't want to launch forward bravely. I downloaded Security Configuration Manager, made a System Restore Point, extracted all the SCM files to the same folder and read the readme. I rebooted. Still no Security Tab appears in Explorer / View / Folder Options. Do I have to do something else to get the tab to appear? I looked around the rest of your site and didn't find the info. XP Security Console appears to be mostly about restricting specific access from users. I didn't see that it would enable me to add user groups. Thanks for help.
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 Re: user groups in xp I was replying to the poster who said that the Security tab was missing in XP Home (you can see it if you boot into Safe Mode). The Security tab will not allow you to access Local Users and Groups. It is disabled in XP Home, period. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Alan" <aprochaska1@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ed8e7a33-94bf-46d6-8152-f0e233089178@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 12, 12:16 am, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dkno...@Spammvps.org> > wrote: >> Seewww.dougknox.com, WinXPTips, How do I Get the Security Tab inXPHome >> >> -- >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart >> Display\Security >> Win 95/98/Me/XPTweaks and Fixeshttp://www.dougknox.com >> -------------------------------- >> Per user Group Policy Restrictions forXPHome >> andXPProhttp://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm >> -------------------------------- >> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. >> >> "Censored Syndrome" <syna...@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message >> >> news:OJ5Fxs%234IHA.776@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> > "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dkno...@Spammvps.org> wrote in message >> >news:FA248CDD-873B-4631-9BF0-C8853CD1ED76@microsoft.com... >> >> No, since the Local Users andGroupstool is not enabled inXPHome. >> >> > And nor is there the NTFS Security tab, anyway, I think (I have never >> > actually used Home for any length of time). >> >> > ss. > > OK, this probably seems dorky, but I'm still stuck, and since it > involves system security I don't want to launch forward bravely. I > > downloaded Security Configuration Manager, made a System Restore > Point, extracted all the SCM files to the same folder and read the > readme. I rebooted. Still no Security Tab appears in Explorer / > View / Folder Options. Do I have to do something else to get the tab > to appear? > > I looked around the rest of your site and didn't find the info. XP > Security Console appears to be mostly about restricting specific > access from users. I didn't see that it would enable me to add user > groups. > > Thanks for help.
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