WinXP user contol in a domain

[Matthias Nagel]

Hallo everyone,

I take care of the windows network at our school. The clients are all Win2k
clients in a PDC-based domain. No I am asked to upgrade all clients to WinXP
Pro. I never used WinXP Pro as a domain client os and so I have same
questions about that.

Win2k has a three-line logon dialog, for the user's name, the password and a
drop-down list in which the way of authentification can be used (local or
the domain). The logon screen under WinXP is absolutely different. How can I
get the Win2k dialog for WinXP. We have 900 users, so the WinXP logon on
screen might become over-crowded.

Under Win2k there is always a user called "Administrator". How can I logon
as "Administrator" on WinXP. There is no icon on the logon screen for that.

Under Win2k I could restrict the file access with a right-click on the file
and choose the security tab. There was a list of all users with checkboxes,
what these users are allowed to do. Under WinXP I only have the old Win98
file options.

Win2k has a very flexible user management. I could create own groups, I had
very many options, which one group could do and what not. In the user
management under WinXP I only have to radio buttons for evry account: user
group and administrative group. Where have all this nice options gone?

Thanke you

Matthias

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Matthias,

1) Control Panel/Users/"Change the way...." and disable the welcome screen.
This will give you the Win2K style logon screen.

2) You can type in Administrator then, and it works essentially the same way
it does in Win2000.

3) Folder Options/View tab, uncheck "use simple file sharing", this will get
you the security tab.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Actually Matthias, once you specify that you want to join a domain, rather
than a work group, the Welcome screen should go away, and not even be an
option. This is by design.

For the different user categories that are built in to XP, click Start, Run
and enter LUSRMGR.MSC

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

WinXP Pro is nearly identical to Win2K in all of these areas,
although accessing these capabilities is somewhat different.

1) When a WinXP Pro machine is added to a WinNT or Win2K domain, the
Welcome Screen is automatically disabled, and a logon dialog box, just
like Win2K's, appears in its stead.

2) Once any additional user accounts have been created, the built-in
Administrator account will no longer be displayed on the Welcome
Screen. This is a default security feature. By design, for WinXP
Pro, pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce
the standard login dialog box. Naturally, this issue becomes moot
once the workstation has been added to a domain, as the Welcome Screen
is no longer used.

3) You can also exert very specific, Win2K-type control over file and
folder permissions with WinXP. You simply need to disable Simplified
File Sharing.

HOW TO Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder
In WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307874

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419

4) WinXP has the same flexibility for managing users. Right-click My
Computer > Manage > Users and Groups.

Since WinXp is new to your experience, I'd suggest that you
acquire a book or two, and look them over. One that's highly
recommended is Microsoft Press' "Windows XP Inside Out." Another good
source of information is Microsoft's web site, in particular:

Windows XP How-Tos
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/howto/winxphow.asp


Bruce Chambers

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