Establishing user accounts also allows you to control who gets to see, share, and
work on documents of other users and on other computers when files and printers
are shared, as described in the next two projects. A good way to start this process is
on paper, or whiteboard??”list all of the possible usernames, which computers they
will use or share files and printers from, and how much control they need at each
computer. With a strategy mapped out, your work goes pretty fast.
Step 1: Create User Accounts
Windows XP and Vista provide two ways to access user account management tools.
If you use the Control Panel and wizards method, you can easily miss some attributes
found in the more techie but direct means of the Computer Management console. My
preference is to take you into this task through the Computer Management console
because you will have to go there eventually, and it is much faster when dealing
with multiple users and their different specific access rights. By the way??”you have
to be logged on with an account that has Administrator rights when managing user
accounts.
Right-click My Computer and choose Manage.
In the left pane of the Computer Management console, shown in Figure 13-1,
double-click Local Users and Groups, and then select Users. In the middle
pane you will see a list of all known users for this computer.
Right-click either the Users item in the left pane or anywhere in the center
pane and choose New User to open the New User dialog box, shown in
Figure 13-2, where you begin adding a new user account to this computer.
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