Creating new user profile and tranferring settings

[Guest]

Question: after a new power user profile has been created for purposes of
safe browsing as MS suggests, how does the transfer of administrator settings
occur?

 

[Malke]

Question: after a new power user profile has been created for purposes
of safe browsing as MS suggests, how does the transfer of
administrator settings occur?

Asked and answered in the security newsgroup. Please don't multipost:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Malke

 

[Guest]

Hi there Grwrogs,

Is this with Windows XP Pro or Home? There's two ways to go about it.

Best Regards,

~Will

 

[Guest]

... thanks for the "multiposting" alert.

 

[Guest]

XPPro
...standalone
...for new account settings to function with original administratot settings.

 

[Guest]

Hi there grwrogs,

Right click on My Computer, and click on Manage.

Click on the + next to Users and Groups
Click on the Users Folder.
On the right side of the management console, Right click on the user account
that you wish to put into the Administrators group.
Click on Properties.
Click on the Member Of tab.
Click on the Add button.
In the box mark "Enter the object names to select", type Administrators.
Click the check names button.
Click OK.
In the member of listing, Highlight the groups that are not the
Administrators group.
Click Remove.
Click OK.
Log out of the box and back in with the account that you just made an
administrator.
You should be all set.

Let me know if this works!

Best Regards,

~Will

 

[Guest]

The following error message reads:
".. the workstation service has not been started"
... that pops up when Clicking "properties".

 

[Guest]

Hi there Greg,

Try this:

Go to Start>Run... and type in the box, type in services.msc
Click OK.
Is the workstation service showing up in your services listing? If not, try
running the Network Connection Wizard (Start>All Programs>Accessories>Network
Connections>Create New Connection). This will reinstall the Workstation
Service.

If it is installed, Right click on the service and click on start. Let me
know what happens.

Best Regards,

~Will

 

[Guest]

I did start "workstation" and returning to "member of" tab again gave me:
"the server service is not started"
... back to "server" and hit start and got:
Error2: "the system cannot find the file specified"
(Looking in "C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs".. I found "svchost")
Same results on "administrator" account.
I have reconstructed much of what I was doing on the new Windows install
administrator account after I created this supposedly more secure power user
account. So I want to persist and make it work if possible as a qualified
power User. And leave the administrator back there till I am confident about
the whole thing.
But I'm amazed about the transfer options not being simple or even
automatically configured under the same user circumstances and for purposes
that were even promoted by MS in the first place.
What do you think of this thing?