Users in Control Panel vs System Administration 1

[DrBaltar]

For a while I´ve been wondering why the users in "Control Panel > Accounts" don´t always match the users in "Administrative tools > System administration".

I´ve seen them differ in both existing users and/or the privileges for those that exist in both areas.

Can anyone share some light on this with me?

Thanks in advance.

 

[chipk]

It looks to me to be only enabled users who are able to log on to the system. I could be wrong, but that's what it looks like on my system - e.g. "guest" is disabled and it doesn't appear in User Accounts, however, if I enable it in Computer Management, it shows up in User Accounts in Control Panel.

 

[djhawthorn]

I think the Control Panel user accounts is just for simpler management of real users accounts (makes it easy for non-technical people); the computer management one is where you can manage ALL user accounts on the system - including things like .NET and IIS accounts etc.

The dumber they think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them!

 

[DrBaltar]

hmmm... could be, but if so, I think it's badly implemented...

I mean, I have an account *disabled* in the "Comp. management" console wich does show up in the "Control panel"'s manager, and it looks like a working, available account... o_0

And I think that the "Control panel"'s version presents the groups the account belongs to in a not-so-accurate fashion...

 

[CharlieJax]

Users Accounts (in the control panel) is a way of viewing accounts that have access to a computer (These may include domain accounts). The local users in Computer Managment provides you with the a way to access users and groups that have been configured on your local computer (These do not include domain accounts).

User Accounts provides you basic user managment tasks and the Local Users and Groups allows you more advanced control.

CJ

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[DrBaltar]

Thanks CharlieJax, it makes sense now