Special Edition Using Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, Third Edition

Chapter 28. Managing Users

In this chapter

• Multiple Users on One Machine

• User Account Types

• Working with Passwords

• Creating and Managing User Accounts

• Local Users and Groups Management Tool

• Sharing Files Among Users

• Simple File Sharing

• NTFS File Permissions

• Removing Users from the Administrators Group

• User Profiles

• Making Icons Available to All Users

• Troubleshooting

• Tips from the Windows Pros: Setting up for Multiple Users

Multiple Users on One Machine

In many instances, a single computer is used by more than one user, which creates some challenges. While we sometimes use computers to share information, we often want to keep information confidential. We want to customize our desktop settings, and want the computer to look and behave the same way every time we ...