Managing Multiple users on a single Windows XP machine.

Is there a guide or white paper that someone can point me to that will
discuss the details of how to manage multiple user accounts on a single XP
PC. I need to be able to control such things as document and application
access based on the user. The PC's in question had been used for the last two
years by multiple persons with only a single login "administrator" . Now I
want to set up multiple users and associate certain previously installed
applications and folders to certain users. I have so many questions in this
area. I am hoping someone has written a white paper that will guide me
through the process and let me know just what is and is not possible.

John
Mon Jun 23 06:12:17 PDT 2008

XP Home or XP Pro?

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu6nxn19IgmAAtqVXNyoA?p=ntfs+permissions&y=Search&fr=sfp&ei=UTF-8
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu40UoF9IpSEBlr1XNyoA?p=xp+access+control+list&y=Search&fr=sfp&ei=UTF-8

John

Church Admin wrote:

> Is there a guide or white paper that someone can point me to that will
> discuss the details of how to manage multiple user accounts on a single XP
> PC. I need to be able to control such things as document and application
> access based on the user. The PC's in question had been used for the last two
> years by multiple persons with only a single login "administrator" . Now I
> want to set up multiple users and associate certain previously installed
> applications and folders to certain users. I have so many questions in this
> area. I am hoping someone has written a white paper that will guide me
> through the process and let me know just what is and is not possible.

Milt
Mon Jun 23 06:15:03 PDT 2008

Have you looked at "Help" in Windows? Go to Start/Help and type "User
Accounts".

Milt

"Church Admin" wrote:

> Is there a guide or white paper that someone can point me to that will
> discuss the details of how to manage multiple user accounts on a single XP
> PC. I need to be able to control such things as document and application
> access based on the user. The PC's in question had been used for the last two
> years by multiple persons with only a single login "administrator" . Now I
> want to set up multiple users and associate certain previously installed
> applications and folders to certain users. I have so many questions in this
> area. I am hoping someone has written a white paper that will guide me
> through the process and let me know just what is and is not possible.

ChurchAdmin
Mon Jun 23 07:18:09 PDT 2008

Thanks All,

I guess the key was knowing what to search for. I had some familiarity with
Access control lists in a past life, but did not know that they were used in
Windows XP. I have plenty of reading material now.

"Church Admin" wrote:

> Is there a guide or white paper that someone can point me to that will
> discuss the details of how to manage multiple user accounts on a single XP
> PC. I need to be able to control such things as document and application
> access based on the user. The PC's in question had been used for the last two
> years by multiple persons with only a single login "administrator" . Now I
> want to set up multiple users and associate certain previously installed
> applications and folders to certain users. I have so many questions in this
> area. I am hoping someone has written a white paper that will guide me
> through the process and let me know just what is and is not possible.

Don
Mon Jun 23 10:36:18 PDT 2008

"Church Admin" <Church Admin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0ED724A1-683C-4C7D-824A-694DF556A2A9@microsoft.com...

> Is there a guide or white paper that someone can point me to that will
> discuss the details of how to manage multiple user accounts on a single
XP
> PC. I need to be able to control such things as document and application
> access based on the user.

Recommended: Windows XP for Dummies,
also Microsoft Inside Windows XP (chapter 3 on multiple users,
and there is a chapter oon security.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Bruce
Mon Jun 23 20:16:09 PDT 2008

Church Admin wrote:
> Is there a guide or white paper that someone can point me to that will
> discuss the details of how to manage multiple user accounts on a single XP
> PC. I need to be able to control such things as document and application
> access based on the user. The PC's in question had been used for the last two
> years by multiple persons with only a single login "administrator" . Now I
> want to set up multiple users and associate certain previously installed
> applications and folders to certain users. I have so many questions in this
> area. I am hoping someone has written a white paper that will guide me
> through the process and let me know just what is and is not possible.


HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

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


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