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User Accounts In Vista (Part II)

Posted by on Dec 7, 2006 | 3 Comments

In Part I of this series you learned how to create a user account in Vista. You’re next step is to become familiar with the different settings that can be configured through the properties window for a user account.

Every user account has a set of configurable properties. Right clicking on a user account within the Computer Management console brings up a dialog box with three tabs. From the properties window you can configure properties such as account options, group membership and user profiles.

To open the properties window for a user account:

  1. Right click Computer and select Manage.
  2. Select Local Users and Groups.
  3. Select Users.
  4. Right click the appropriate user account and click Properties.

The options available on each of the three tabs:

  • General: Used to change or configure the full name of the individual, the description of the user account and account options
  • Profile: This tab allows you to specify the path to a user’s profile as well as the location of logon scripts and home folders.
  • Member Of: Allows you to configure the groups of which the user account is a member.

Once you make the necessary changes to the user account, click OK. The change will be applied the next time the user logs on with that account.

[tags]Diana Huggins, Microsoft, Windows, Vista, user account[/tags]

  • craig

    i am the administrator, my wife and kids are user accounts, my wife is forced to change her password every month or so. I want to extend or change or remove the requirement for her to do this. I read user accounts in vista part II and it said
    To open the properties window for a user account:

    1. Right click Computer and select Manage.
    2. Select Local Users and Groups.

    I did #1 but users and groups” were not an available option after that.

    PLEASE help

  • http://twitter.com/bradhintze Brad Hintze

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    What is your reaction to this approach?

  • Anonymous

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