Creating a User Account for Accessing a Shared Folder (Windows XP)

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You need to create user accounts of the users who access the shared folder in advance. This section describes the procedures to create a new account in your computer.


Remark
  • Even if you don't create a new account by following the procedures below, you can add a pre-registered account as the user who is permitted to access the shared folder. In such case, you need to create a password if it is not set to the pre-registered account. Once the password is created, the user is prompted to type it when he/she logs on to a computer.
  1. On the [start] menu, select [Control Panel] to open [Control Panel].
  1. Click [User Accounts].

  1. In the [User Accounts] dialog box, click [Create a new account].

  1. Type a user name in [Type a name for the new account], and then click [Next>].

  • The user name must be up to 20 alphanumeric characters long.
  1. Select [Limited], and then click [Create Account].

  1. Click the created user, and then click [Create a password].

  1. Type a password in [Type a new password] and [Type the new password again to confirm], and then click [Create Password].

  • The password must be up to 14 alphanumeric characters long.
  1. Close the [User Accounts] dialog box.