Virtual PC XP Mode - Add Limited User Accounts

How to Add Limited User Accounts to Windows Virtual PC XP Mode
Published 22 Aug 2009

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How to Add Limited User Accounts to Windows Virtual PC XP Mode

Information

This will show how to add a user account with limited rights to Windows Virtual PC XP Mode.

Note

Default user account in XP Mode is XPMUser. When adding other user accounts, if you choose account type as Computer Administrator you can use this account to log in.

If you want to create a Limited user account with no administrative rights, you have to add it to a group called Remote Desktop Users before being able to log in to XP Mode. Limited users not belonging to this group can't log in, instead they get an error dialog telling they have no permission every time they try to do this:

Virtual PC XP Mode - Add Limited User Accounts-xpmode_newuser_nopermission.png

Here's how to give permissions to new users:

Create limited user account(s) you want to using Control Panel > User Accounts
Open Start Menu, right click My Computer and choose Manage
Click and open Local Users and Groups on the left pane, click Users and double click the limited user account you want to grant right to log in
Choose Member Of, click Add
Write Remote Desktop Users to field Enter the object names to select, click OK twice
Close Management Console

You can now log in to XP Mode using this limited user account. Please notice XP Mode does not allow user accounts without passwords.

Kari

EDIT: Thanks to Brink for visual appearance.

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