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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:23:19 -0700, "jtvich"
wrote: Does anyone know how to block people from installing software on win98 machine like a limited account in XP? Thanks. I'd like to know how to delete a limited account in XP. I set one up accidentally (didn't know the limits of "limited") and couldn't figure out how to delete it. What's strange is that I could delete the administrator (or whatever the XP name is for unlimited) accounts, but not that type. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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You really should be asking this in the XP newsgroup, s.
-- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "sf" wrote in message ... On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:23:19 -0700, "jtvich" wrote: Does anyone know how to block people from installing software on win98 machine like a limited account in XP? Thanks. I'd like to know how to delete a limited account in XP. I set one up accidentally (didn't know the limits of "limited") and couldn't figure out how to delete it. What's strange is that I could delete the administrator (or whatever the XP name is for unlimited) accounts, but not that type. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 01:33:25 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote: You really should be asking this in the XP newsgroup, s. He appeared to know his "xp", so that's why I asked. s We can take it offline if he decides to tell me how. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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No biggy, and no need to take it offline. It's just that I assumed you would
like an answer ASAP, and I don't see, at least from his post, that he has any more knowledge about XP than you do. You already know how to *create* a Limited Account, and that's all you know for sure that he knows for sure, g. In any case, I suspect the answer to your original question is that you have to log in as Administrator (not just a user with administrator privileges) to delete Limited Accounts. XP is strange that way, sometimes. You also have to remember that you can't delete an account from within that account. But you already knew that, right? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "sf" wrote in message ... On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 01:33:25 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: You really should be asking this in the XP newsgroup, s. He appeared to know his "xp", so that's why I asked. s We can take it offline if he decides to tell me how. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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Blocking Installs
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:14:37 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote: No biggy, and no need to take it offline. It's just that I assumed you would like an answer ASAP, and I don't see, at least from his post, that he has any more knowledge about XP than you do. You already know how to *create* a Limited Account, and that's all you know for sure that he knows for sure, g. In any case, I suspect the answer to your original question is that you have to log in as Administrator (not just a user with administrator privileges) to delete Limited Accounts. XP is strange that way, sometimes. You also have to remember that you can't delete an account from within that account. But you already knew that, right? No, I didn't! I don't remember how I was logged in. I think I tried deleting it using other accounts. Oh, well... I'm home now. I'll tackle the problem later this summer when I visit again. In the mean time, the only person who cares.... is ME. G Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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OK! Now you have time to study up and become an XPert! Be ready to wow them
at your next visit, bg. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "sf" wrote in message ... On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:14:37 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Oh, well... I'm home now. I'll tackle the problem later this summer when I visit again. In the mean time, the only person who cares.... is ME. G Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:10:10 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote: OK! Now you have time to study up and become an XPert! Be ready to wow them at your next visit, bg. S Honestly and seriously, I believe it's an environmental issue. I don't use that type of interface at home or at work, so I'm completely ignorant! I think if I manipulated it in one OS, I would be able to extrapolate to others. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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If you're speaking of XP "user-friendly" interface (and I'm not sure that
you are) I'm forever having to re-familiarize myself with the XP "friendly" interface at clients' machines, unless I can convince them that the Classic interface is in their best interest. I think I spent a total of half an hour messing with it on XP beta before I switched to Classic, and ever since, that's the first thing I change in a new installation. However, if you're speaking of the differences between 9x and NT/2K/XP, there are significant and non-transferable differences in the way NT systems are structured. Yes, some things are the same across the board, but many important things, especially in the way user files and settings are stored, are quite different. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "sf" wrote in message ... On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:10:10 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: OK! Now you have time to study up and become an XPert! Be ready to wow them at your next visit, bg. S Honestly and seriously, I believe it's an environmental issue. I don't use that type of interface at home or at work, so I'm completely ignorant! I think if I manipulated it in one OS, I would be able to extrapolate to others. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 00:45:42 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote: If you're speaking of XP "user-friendly" interface (and I'm not sure that you are) I'm forever having to re-familiarize myself with the XP "friendly" interface at clients' machines, unless I can convince them that the Classic interface is in their best interest. I think I spent a total of half an hour messing with it on XP beta before I switched to Classic, and ever since, that's the first thing I change in a new installation. I do that too! However, if you're speaking of the differences between 9x and NT/2K/XP, there are significant and non-transferable differences in the way NT systems are structured. Yes, some things are the same across the board, but many important things, especially in the way user files and settings are stored, are quite different. We digressed a bit too far - I just wanted to know how do delete a "limited" account. I couldn't even do it from the position of "administrator". In the end, I "inactivated" it, but it's still there... reminding me I couldn't do it. They don't care, but I do and want to know how to do it by the next time I visit. :-\ Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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That original issue, then, is definitely an anomaly. One for the XPerts.
Assuming, of course, that you actually used *THE* Administrator account, not just an account with Administrator privileges. (Not sure that makes a difference here, but it does in other cases.) You didn't by chance use Fast User Switching (or whatever it's called) to get to the "Administrator" account--logging off LimitedUser, then onto Administrator, but leaving LimitedUser alive in the background? That strikes me as also not doable. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "sf" wrote in message ... On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 00:45:42 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: We digressed a bit too far - I just wanted to know how do delete a "limited" account. I couldn't even do it from the position of "administrator". In the end, I "inactivated" it, but it's still there... reminding me I couldn't do it. They don't care, but I do and want to know how to do it by the next time I visit. :-\ Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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