While Seth and
Munchie are users on the PC (or in the corporate domain to
which this computer belongs), this third entry shows how
you??™d specify a user account on a different machine; in this
case, the user Wendell on the computer SCHOOLBUS is to
be added. The only time you??™d likely need to do this is if
Wendell needed to access your shared files remotely (discussed
later in this chapter), and you didn??™t want to create
an account for Wendell on your own PC.
So, why, in the Select User or Groups window, can you not actually select a
user or group? Why aren??™t all the user and group names on your PC listed in
here? Why all the typing? The reason is that this window was originally
designed to accommodate a company-wide network with thousands of
users, and since Microsoft hasn??™t made a single change to this interface in at
least seven years, you??™ll need to go elsewhere to get a list of users. To see the
users on your own PC, open the User Accounts window in Control Panel, or
use one of the other tools explained at the beginning of this chapter. Or, if
you??™re part of a corporate domain, you can click Advanced to search for
users on your network.
When you click OK, Windows will verify the user and group names you??™ve
entered, and if all is well, will add them to the Permissions window. Mistype
a name, and you won??™t be allowed to leave. (To verify your entries without
closing the window, click Check Names.)
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