Domain user accounts windows xp

The following documentation is for developers. If you're an end-user looking for information about an error message involving domain user accounts, then see the Microsoft community forums. For information about managing domain user accounts, see TechNet.

A domain user account enables the service to take full advantage of the service security features of Windows and Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services. The service has whatever local and network access is granted to the account, or to any groups of which the account is a member. The service can support Kerberos mutual authentication. The advantage of using a domain user account is that the service's actions are limited by the access rights and privileges associated with the account.

This dialog box lets you create local accounts—accounts stored only on your computer, and not on the corporate domain machine—for existing citizens of the domain. Why would you need a local account, if all of your files and settings are actually stored elsewhere on the network?

Because certain tasks, like installing drivers for new hardware, require you to log on using a local Administrator account. Click to set the MED-V workspace deletion options. Select this check box to enable transferring files between the host and MED-V workspace. Select one of the following options from the File Transfer box:. Note If a user without permissions attempts to transfer files, a window will appear prompting him to enter the credentials of a user with permissions to perform the file transfer.

Important To support file transfer in Windows XP SP3, you must disable offline file synchronization by editing the registry as follows:. Click to set the advanced file transfer options. If the user is part of a group and permissions are applied to the user as well as to the group they are part of, all permissions are applied.

Skip to main content. Descriptions do not need to be entered for the group nor do you need to add any members. In the above image in the Password for backup section you can see this. In order to see the properties of an account, you would select it and click on the properties button to see the following window.

On the Group Membership tab of the USER property sheet you would see three selections to choose from regarding group memberships. The OTHER drop down window lists only the local groups, regardless of whether you have chosen a user account in the local accounts database or a domain account that is in the domain.

When you select the. It's here that you can change the password, change the icon picture that is associated with the account or to set up the account to use a. NET passport. Also, once your system is added to a domain you can no longer use Fast User Switching, even if you log on to the workstation by using the local user account database.