I hav couple of windows 2000 professional machines. They are not in network. There are some students who use these computers to do some course work. I dun wanna give them restricted user acccount because somethime they need to install softwares and restricted users cannot And also i dun wanna give them administrator. Is there any way that i can giv them the sort of administrator privileages (but not the full administrator) who can hav do following tasks install software, create and manage the user accounts theyve created...but i dun want them do anything wit the C: drive or to do anything which will harm system files. Help needed please....
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Administrator; Power users; Restriced users which one????
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I am not sure what exactly you are seeking.. Here it goes..
A significant portion of Windows 2000 operating system is defined by the default access permissions granted to three groups: Administrators, Users, and Power Users. At a very high level, these groups may be described as follows:
Administrators are all-powerful. The default Windows 2000 settings do not restrict administrative access to any registry or file system object. Administrators can perform any and all functions supported by the operating system. Any right that the Administrator does not have by default, they can grant to themselves.
Users are the opposite of administrators. Provided that Windows 2000 is clean-installed on to an NTFS partition, the default settings are designed to prohibit Users from compromising the integrity of the operating system and installed applications. Users cannot modify machine-wide registry settings, operating system files, or program files. Users cannot install applications that can be run by other Users (preventing Trojan horses). Users cannot access other users’ private data.( if you have NTFS Partition)
Power Users are ranked between Administrators and Users in terms of system access. The default Windows 2000 settings for Power Users are backward-compatible with the default settings for Users in the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
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A significant portion of Windows 2000 operating system is defined by the default access permissions granted to three groups: Administrators, Users, and Power Users. At a very high level, these groups may be described as follows:
Administrators are all-powerful. The default Windows 2000 settings do not restrict administrative access to any registry or file system object. Administrators can perform any and all functions supported by the operating system. Any right that the Administrator does not have by default, they can grant to themselves.
Users are the opposite of administrators. Provided that Windows 2000 is clean-installed on to an NTFS partition, the default settings are designed to prohibit Users from compromising the integrity of the operating system and installed applications. Users cannot modify machine-wide registry settings, operating system files, or program files. Users cannot install applications that can be run by other Users (preventing Trojan horses). Users cannot access other users’ private data.( if you have NTFS Partition)
Power Users are ranked between Administrators and Users in terms of system access. The default Windows 2000 settings for Power Users are backward-compatible with the default settings for Users in the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
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