[ale] vmware and W2K v. WXP

[James P. Kinney III]

Ahh!! They _moved_ it! Redmond wins another "A+" for interface
consistency! And they gripe about the non-standard UI on Linux.

I still plan on getting them over to slq-ledger. I'm (slowly) working on
a perl script to put the QB data into the PostgreSQL database. It's not
pretty.

On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 00:50, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Jeff, et. al.,
> > 
> > The best example I have is this:
> > 
> > Intuit's Quickbooks pro 2000 was written for W2K. If it is installed
> > into XP pro workstation, the user at the console must have admin rights
> > for the application to be able to write to the database. Remote users
> > don't have to have this elevated privilege level. 
> > 
> > So I go to change the "user" level to "power user". It's not there!
> > There are only two access levels: administrator and user. So do I give
> > administrator rights to the part-time bookkeeper or tell the company
> > they have to fork out _another_ $500 to upgrade to Quickbooks XP.
> > 
> 
> Actually, the user levels are still there.  Just not under the Control Panel interface.
> 
> Right click on the "My Computer" icon.  Select "Manage" on the drop down menu. A new windows will open.
> Select "Local Users and Groups" under "System Tools".  You see "Users" and "Groups" on the right hand pane.  "Groups" still lists "Power Users" and other similar things found in NT4/2K.
> Selecting "Properties" for a User will allow you to add groups it ca be a "Member Of".
> Selecting "Properties" for a Group will allow you to add Users as members.
> 
> -- 
> Lost in Tokyo,
>    Keith
> 
> 
> 
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