disable users

[john]

How do I disable users without cancelling their accounts?

 

[M and D]

Change their passwords.

Steven

 

[Nepatsfan]

[email protected],

How do I disable users without cancelling their accounts?

For XP Pro:
Right click My Computer and select Manage.
In Computer Management, click on Local Users and Groups.
Click on the Users folder.
Right click the user account you want to disable and select
Properties from the menu.
Put a check mark in the box next to "Account is Disabled".

To disable or activate a user account
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...all/proddocs/en-us/lsm_disable_or_enable.mspx

For XP Home Edition:
Log on with an account that is a Computer Administrator.
Go to Start -> Run and enter cmd.exe in the Open box.
Click OK.
At the command prompt enter the following with the correct user
account name,

net user (AccountName) /active:no

To enable the account simply enter the following at the command
prompt,

net user (AccountName) /active:yes

Good luck

Nepatsfan