The ABC Company stores sales reports on their Windows 2000 computer. The company would like to allow specific users to access these reports over the network. The network administrator’s task is to create and configure the necessary groups to accommodate this request. | Lab Creating Groups in Windows 2000 Estimated Time 20 Minutes Objective Create groups in Windows 2000 Add members to these groups and organize user accounts Equipment The following equipment is required for this exercise A system running Windows 2000 Professional Scenario The ABC Company stores sales reports on their Windows 2000 computer. The company would like to allow specific users to access these reports over the network. The network administrator s task is to create and configure the necessary groups to accommodate this request. Procedures A group is a collection of user accounts. Groups are used to simplify the management of users and access to shared resources. Groups allow a user to define permissions for multiple users at one time. After group permissions are defined members are then added to the group. Windows 2000 provides different types of groups for different tasks. In this lab the student will create two local groups called Marketing and Engineering. The student will than create LocalUserl LocalUser2 LocalUser3 and LocalUser4. The student will add users to the Engineering group and then remove a user from the Engineering group. Note LocalUserl and LocalUser2 were deleted in lab . Step 1 Creating Local Groups 1. Make sure to be logged onto the computer as Administrator. 2. Create the accounts LocalUserl LocalUser2 LocalUser3 and LocalUser4. Give each account a full name and make the password for each account password . 3. Open the Computer Management screen by clicking on Administrative Tool in the Start Menu. 1 - 3 IT Essentials II - Lab Copyright 2002 Cisco Systems Inc. 4. Click on the plus sign to expand Local Users and Groups and then click Groups. This will display the list of current and built-in local groups in the details pane. 5. To create a new group right-click Groups and then click New Group. The New Group dialog box will be displayed. 6. Type Marketing in the Group Name box and type Access to Client Files in the .
