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Whats Is The Maximum Number Of Xp User Accounts

kevlar557
Apr 18 2005, 04:52 PM
I'm trying to get a video editing computer up and running at my school. I want to have user accounts for every person in the class. Does anybody know the maximum number of user accounts a version of XP pro can have?

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miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG
Apr 18 2005, 05:11 PM
I'd done the same in my school - but a potential problem here. While I don't think there's a restriction on the number of users, XP creates gigantic Profiles for each of these users - that include his/her desktop settings+saved files on desktop, custom registry entries, cache space, application data etc. By the time you hit 20-30 users, these profiles bloat up enough to kill even 60-80GB hard drives.

If you do so, make sure you run the file, gpedit.msc and turn off both Local and Remote Profiles. Or else you're calling for trouble. wink.gif Once the Group Policy Editor runs, check under Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon. Under this you'll find plenty of options to turn off all kinds of profiles. Read through them and select the combination that meets your requirements the best.

Cheers smile.gif

P.S. According to someone I know, the "theoretical limit" of local Win XP users is about 4 million or in other words, unlimited. But as I said, it's ONLY THEORETICAL. wink.gif

 

 

 


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technick2
Apr 23 2005, 03:26 AM
I always thought that you could have as many users as you want. Once at my old school I setup so many users for all the kids in my class and it didn't have much effect on the laptop. (I deleted them all before I took the laptop to class. (LOL) I didn't need them. (LOL (again)))

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