Re: multiple user accounts

Some IE Security settings are per user, not per machine. To make these types of changes, you would need to be logged into the actual user account.

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
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"M8RIX" <mn8r1@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uTdcOV9kFHA.3756@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Greetings all,
> Please pardon my ignorance of this issue. I am new to using XP with multiple
> user accounts. I am fairly competent with using XP as a single user.
>
> I have XP media center edition and I have 3 user accounts set up on it (4 if
> you include the hidden administrator account). Two of the accounts have
> admin status and the third is restricted. If I log into the hidden admin
> account via safe mode to make system changes, the restricted account does
> not appear in the list of users. Aside from changing the restricted account
> to admin status temporarily is there a way for me to administer the
> restricted account?
> For example, if I want to make changes to the security settings in IE for
> the restricted users account, do I have to change their account type to
> admin, make the change, and then change back to restricted? Or, can I make
> the change from my admin account without having to log into their account?
> TIA
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> Mark N.
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