Of safety reasons I would like to enable and disable my
network connection, just enable it when I am surfing and
disable it when I am not. When I am working as
Administrator it is simple but I would like to do this
as a limited access user.

I have put a shortcut to a connection on the desktop.
If I rightclick it, I get a popup meny with Enable or
Disable. As Administrator, I can switch by clicking,
as limited access user it is grayed out. How do I as a
limited access user get permission to enable/disable?

I have two Network Connections, "1394 Connection" and
"Local Area Connection" although I do only have one
physical (Ethernet) connection. How does this work?
Are these connections two drivers connected in series,
one handling the hardware and the other communicating
with the local net I assume my apartment is
connected to?

Is this the way it is? If it is so, I suppose it does
not matter which connection I enable/disable. Am I
right?

Thanks for any answer

Anders

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:12:14 +0200, "Anders F" <nospam@example.com>
wrote:

Windows XP wasn't designed to do what you want. Here's an awkward way
to allow a limited user to enable and disable network connections in
Windows XP Professional. I don't know of a way to do it in Windows XP
Home Edition:

1 Click Start > Run, type this line in the Open box, and click OK:

control userpasswords2

2. Put a check mark in the box "Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer".

3. Click the limited account, click Properties, and click "Group
Membership".

4. Click Other, and select "Network Configuration Operators" from the
menu.

5. The limited account will no longer appear in Control Panel > User
Accounts or in the Welcome Screen To log into that account, press
Ctrl-Alt-Delete at the Welcome Screen to get a login prompt.

The "1394 Connection" appears because your computer has an IEEE 1394
(FireWire) port. That port is usually used to connect a digital
camera or an external disk drive, and it can also be used for
networking. Since you're not using it for networking, disable the
1394 Connection or just ignore it.
--
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