Vista Tutorial - Administrator Permissions

At this time I'm still running XP Pro.
I do not use any passwords to run XP.
When I boot up it opens XP.

Can this also be done with Vista? or do you have to have a password to get
in?

You do not HAVE to have a password, but some things will not work if you
don't. You can assign a password and still have it boot automatically, so
although you have a password you do not need it on startup.

Michael


"unlearned" <unlearned@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> At this time I'm still running XP Pro.
> I do not use any passwords to run XP.
> When I boot up it opens XP.
>
> Can this also be done with Vista? or do you have to have a password to get
> in?

Hi,

> You do not HAVE to have a password, but some things will not work if you
> don't.

Same as in XP, certain functions require that there be one.

> You can assign a password and still have it boot automatically, so
> although you have a password you do not need it on startup.

Correct, you can disable the requirement through the use of 'control
userpasswords2', same as in XP.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Michael" <mexxwalraven@verson.net> wrote in message
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> You do not HAVE to have a password, but some things will not work if you
> don't. You can assign a password and still have it boot automatically, so
> although you have a password you do not need it on startup.
>
> Michael
>
>
> "unlearned" <unlearned@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1922CAC0-3C02-4B48-B6BE-4D5F4A5B5F1E@microsoft.com...
>> At this time I'm still running XP Pro.
>> I do not use any passwords to run XP.
>> When I boot up it opens XP.
>>
>> Can this also be done with Vista? or do you have to have a password to
>> get
>> in?
>

Hi Michael. i was wondering what things won't work if you do not have a
password for Vista?

"Michael" wrote:

> You do not HAVE to have a password, but some things will not work if you
> don't. You can assign a password and still have it boot automatically, so
> although you have a password you do not need it on startup.
>
> Michael
>
>
> "unlearned" <unlearned@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1922CAC0-3C02-4B48-B6BE-4D5F4A5B5F1E@microsoft.com...
> > At this time I'm still running XP Pro.
> > I do not use any passwords to run XP.
> > When I boot up it opens XP.
> >
> > Can this also be done with Vista? or do you have to have a password to get
> > in?
>
>

Mick wrote:
> Hi Michael. i was wondering what things won't work if you do not have a
> password for Vista?

Same kinds of things that don't work if you do not have a password for XP.
Remote Desktop, for example, requires that users who log in remotely
have a password set.

Alun Harford