Vista Home: Where is Local Users?

[Guest]

Specifically ... need to find the Computer Management > Local users and
Groups in order to do some management.

I'm able to find it in Vista Business, but not in Vista Home.

TIA
Russel

 

[Kerry Brown]

That mmc console is not available in Home versions of Windows. You can
manage local user and groups via a command prompt with the NET command. Type
NET /? for help. It's a pain but it has been that way since XP came out with
Home and Pro versions.

 

[Hank Arnold (MVP)]

That mmc console is not available in Home versions of Windows. You can
manage local user and groups via a command prompt with the NET command.
Type NET /? for help. It's a pain but it has been that way since XP came
out with Home and Pro versions.

Why not use Control Panel/User Accounts?

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

 

[Kerry Brown]

You can't set up groups in the Control Panel applet. With the NET command
you can create security groups then add/remove users to the groups. I don't
know if this would do any good with Home versions as they use simple file
sharing but it is possible. I don't have any Home versions to test but I'm
wondering if it's possible to add domain users via this method?