"Limited Account" Greyed out on secondary User

[Guest Elliot J]

Hi all,

 

I have cross-posted as I couldn't decide on an ideal group for my query.

 

I have an XP Pro machine with two users. The Administrator account and

JohnDoe (Guest is disabled). Both are currently set as administrators. What

I want to do is only allow the JohnDoe account Limited privileges.

 

I have logged out (even rebooted) and logged in as Administrator, then

entered into the User Accounts area to switch JohnDoe to Limited, however

the option is greyed out. I was under the impression that as long as one

account had admin rights, you could set all else as Limited. Am I missing

something blatantly obvious?

 

I consider myself to be pretty IT savvy, so any advice, regardless of

technical level is appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

EJ

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: "Limited Account" Greyed out on secondary User

 

In news:%23YmTGsu9HHA.5456@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,

Elliot J <elliotj@x-x.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I have cross-posted as I couldn't decide on an ideal group

> for my query.

>

> I have an XP Pro machine with two users. The Administrator

> account and

> JohnDoe (Guest is disabled). Both are currently set as

> administrators. What

> I want to do is only allow the JohnDoe account Limited

> privileges.

>

> I have logged out (even rebooted) and logged in as

> Administrator, then

> entered into the User Accounts area to switch JohnDoe to

> Limited, however

> the option is greyed out. I was under the impression that as

> long as one

> account had admin rights, you could set all else as Limited.

> Am I missing

> something blatantly obvious?

>

> I consider myself to be pretty IT savvy, so any advice,

> regardless of

> technical level is appreciated.

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

> EJ

 

On a Windows XP Professional system, as soon as you create a

user account which is a member of the Administrators group, the

built-in Administrator account becomes hidden. What you're

experiencing is normal behavior. You will not be able to change

John Doe's account type through the Control Panel -> User

Account applet.

 

If you want the John Doe account to be a limited account you'll

have to create another account with administrator privileges.

Use the new admin account to demote John Doe.

 

For the sake of accuracy I'll have to add that it is possible

to accomplish your goal through the Local Users and Groups

console (Start -> Run -> lusrmgr.msc). That said, leaving the

Administrator account as the only member of the Administrators

group is not recommended.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan