WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUILT-IN SYSTEM GROUPS AND BUILT-IN...

5. What is the difference between built-in system groups and built-in local groups

found on computers running Windows XP Professional? Give at least two exam-

ples of each type of group.

Lesson Summary

Groups simplify administration by allowing you to assign permissions and rights

to a group of users rather than to individual user accounts. Permissions control

what users can do with a resource such as a folder, file, or printer. Rights allow

users to perform system tasks, such as changing the time on a computer and back-

ing up or restoring files.

Windows XP Professional creates local groups in the local security database, so

you can use local groups only on the computer on which you create them.

You can use the Computer Management snap-in to create, add members to, and

delete local groups.

All computers running Windows XP Professional have built-in local groups that

give rights to perform system tasks on a single computer.

Computers running Windows XP Professional also have built-in system groups

whose membership is determined dynamically.

Case Scenario Exercise

In this exercise, you will read a scenario about creating users and groups and then

answer the questions that follow. If you have difficulty completing this work, review

the material in this chapter before beginning the next chapter. You can find answers to

these questions in the “Questions and Answers” section at the end of this chapter.

Scenario

You are an administrator working for the Baldwin Museum of Science. The museum

has hired a number of temporary workers that will be researching information for a

new exhibit on the history of coal use in northern Europe. Each of these workers has

been assigned a workstation in a small workgroup that the museum has set up in the

exhibit room. One computer in the workgroup is acting as a file server where the

workers will store their research files. All workstations and the file server are running

Windows XP Professional.

The temporary researchers’ names are as follows:

Cat Francis

David Jaffe

Mary North

Jeff Teper

Bernhard Tham

Questions