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70-271 Study Tip - What are user accounts?

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Windows XP Professional supports four types of user accounts as follows:

Administrator accounts: They are the least restrictive of all the user accounts. They enable users to create, modify, or delete user accounts, configure system settings permanently, install and uninstall software and hardware, etc.

Standard accounts: They allow a user to install and remove applications or hardware, as well as to change his password and picture associated with the account. Standard accounts are configurable in computers running in a domain environment.

Limited accounts: They do not allow a user to perform any action except changing his account password and picture. These accounts are configured on computers running on a workgroup or domain.

Guest accounts: They are built-in accounts, which are disabled by default and can be enabled when required. A user with a Guest account has the same permissions as that of the Limited account.

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