Introduction to User Accounts

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Introduction to User Accounts

• Local user accounts
• Domain user accounts
• Built-in user accounts

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Local User Accounts
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Use Local User Accounts in a Workgroup

• Every computer is in a domain or a workgroup.
• You must create the same account on every
  computer.
• All changes must be made on every computer.

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Domain User Accounts
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Built-In User Accounts

• Automatically created by Microsoft Windows 2000
• Two commonly used accounts
• Administrator
• Guest

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Naming Conventions

• Must be unique
• 20 characters maximum
• Invalid characters / \ , ? lt gt
• Not case sensitive
• Allow for duplicate employee names

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Password Requirements

• Always assign a password to the Administrator
  account.
• Will the Administrator or the users control
  passwords?
• Use passwords that are hard to guess.
• Maximum length is 128 characters.
• Use a combination of character types, such as
  Lp6g9.

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The Computer Management Snap-In
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Local User Account Options
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The General Tab
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The Profile Tab
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User Profiles

• Are a collection of folders and data
• Store the current desktop environment,
  application settings, and personal data
• Contain all network connections established at
  logon
• Maintain a consistent desktop environment
• Are created the first time a user logs on to a
  computer
• Are stored as local user profiles on that computer

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User Profile Operation

• Each user of a computer gets the correct desktop
  environment.
• C\Documents and Settings\user_logon_name folder.
• A user profile contains the My Documents folder.
• Users change their user profiles by changing
  their desktop settings.

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Types of User Profiles

• Local user profiles
• Roaming user profiles
• Mandatory user profiles

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Creating a Mandatory User Profile

• Locate the Ntuser.dat file.
• Create a user account.
• Configure the desktop environment.
• Rename Ntuser.dat to Ntuser.man.
• Copy Nyuser.man to apply it to any other user or
  group.

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Logon Script

• A file you create to configure a users working
  environment
• Can be used to establish network connections
• Runs each time the user logs on

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Home Folder

• Another location for users to store their
  personal files
• Create on a clients computer or in a shared
  folder on a file server
• In central location on a network server
• Access to home folder from any computer on the
  network
• Backing up and administration of user documents
  is centralized
• Access from a computer running any Microsoft
  operating system