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7-28 Chapter 7 Setting Up and Managing User Accounts
Lesson 4: Configuring Properties for User Accounts
Windows XP Professional creates a set of default account properties for each local user
account. After you create a local user account, you can configure the account properties
by using the Computer Management snap-in. The account properties are grouped
under three tabs in the Properties dialog box for a user account: General, Member Of,
and Profile.
The General Tab
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After this lesson, you will be able to
■ Configure general properties for user accounts by using the General tab
■ Add a user account to groups by using the Members tab
■ Configure a user profile by using the Profile tab
Estimated lesson time: 30 minutes
The General tab in the Properties dialog box for a user account (shown in Figure 7-8)
allows you to configure or edit all the fields from the New User dialog box except User
Name, Password, and Confirm Password. In addition, it provides an Account Is Locked
Out check box.
Figure 7-8 Configure basic user properties by using the General tab of the Properties dialog box for
a user account.
If the account is active and is not locked out of the system, the Account Is Locked Out
check box is unavailable. The system locks out a user who exceeds the limit for the
number of failed logon attempts. This security feature makes it more difficult for an
unauthorized user to break into the system by guessing passwords. If the system locks