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Power User is a local built-in computer account. It grants the user elevated privledges to the local computer. It is not a user account, it is a user group.
Authenticated Users are users that have logged on, as opposed to Guest accounts or the "everyone' group. In other words, the Authenticated Users have entered a username and password and a domain controller has authenticated them. This is unlike a person that has just plugged into the network and attempts to access a resource. They may not have been authenticated. The authenticated user has basic rights.
An authenticated users can be a member of the power user group.
Hewissa
MCSE, CCNA, CIW
Authenticated Users are users that have logged on, as opposed to Guest accounts or the "everyone' group. In other words, the Authenticated Users have entered a username and password and a domain controller has authenticated them. This is unlike a person that has just plugged into the network and attempts to access a resource. They may not have been authenticated. The authenticated user has basic rights.
An authenticated users can be a member of the power user group.
Hewissa
MCSE, CCNA, CIW
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