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More info?)
Roger I have used XP Home in the past.
Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc) comes with XP Home, but this has
limited use. If you try to access Local Users and Groups (Local) with XP
Home, you will get this message...
[[This computer is running Windows XP Home Edition. This snapin may not be
used with that version of Windows. To manage user accounts for this
computer, use the User Accounts tool in the Control Panel]]
At least with XP Home SP1(a). I have no idea what SP2 does.
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Just like control userpasswords2 works in XP Home but can cause problems...
[[The userpasswords2 applet should not be used on WINDOWS XP Home Edition as
a tool to edit or modify users. It is reserved for WINDOWS XP Professional
Edition. The reason for this is that userpasswords2 allows the user to
access to the 'Power Users' group which doesn't exist on WINDOWS XP Home
Edition.]]
This is KB817365 which for some reason has been pulled from MS-KB.
Although I have a copy and this is the same as KB817365.
Creation of user in the 'Power Users' group with 'Control Userpasswords2'
http://www.it-faq.pl/mskb/817/365.HTM
At least with XP Home SP1(a). I have no idea what SP2 does.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:%23XKCVZo9EHA.3260@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Roger Abell <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> hunted and pecked:
> I do not use Home edition. I do know that the local security
> policy interface is not just excluded but also prevented from
> starting if you were to copy it into Home from Pro.
> Now, do the searches on "audit" or such, as I seem to recall
> an interface doc'd that allowed Home edition to have its
> auditing policy set/adjusted.
>
> --
> Roger Abell
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
> MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
> "Xylophone" <m-rharrison@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:O377o3n9EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Tom, I have no problem with MBSA. It runs and repoprts all sorts of
>> useful stuff. My problem is it refers to Local Security Policy.
>> The other contributors to this thread indicate LSP is not intended
>> for XP Home. If so, end of story. Sothansk for the other NG, which
>> I had not picked up on. Will post there and await results.
>>
>> "Tom H" <th54@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:EAeEd.33753$6l.26551@pd7tw2no...
>>> You should see the problem I had with mbsa, I finally gave up on it
>>> as not intended for XP Home. There is a special MS usenet group
>>> called microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer, I posted my
>>> problem there and nobody answered it for a week, then I got a
>>> ridiculous answer about how I need to reduce the network lag-time
>>> between my system and the system being scanned, duh, the system
>>> being scanned is the same system that is running the tool --- my
>>> standalone XPHome system!! And these guys put on their responses
>>> fancy acronyms like MVP MSFT, blah blah ...
>>> But if you want to post your question there and wait a week for a
>>> response the URL for the MS nntp server is Msnews.microsoft.com
>>> IMHO mbsa either isn't ready for prime time, or was never intended
>>> for xp home.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Xylophone" <m-rharrison@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:uje94wj9EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have XP Home. When I run MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security
>>>> Analyser) it tells me I should have auditing enabled and to
>>>> correct that, I should go into CP/Admin T
>>>
>>>
>>> ools/Local Security Policy. But when I do so, LSP is not
>>>> there. It is not a component under Add/Remove Windows Components.
>>>> I am at a loss to work out where and how I can access and activate
>>>> LSP. I assume it is installed on my PC, a Dell which came with XP
>>>> pre-installed. Advice/solutions???
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