Create limited access user account

Is there a way to create a user account for my child where I can make invisible (or inaccessible) the drives that I use for my work? I haven't found that option in Parental Controls.

David Eells wrote:
Thanks for your reply. There's a little confusion, as each drive lists three names:
Two list Me, (unknown) and everyone
Two list System, admin and everyone
One lists Me, staff and everyone.
What I was expecting was for each drive to list Me (primary account with Admin privileges), Admin (secondary account I created with Admin privileges), and Guest (child's account with limited privileges).
no, that's not how unix permissions work. they list permissions for drive owner, primary group and everyone. it also lists ACLs if any are present which give specific rights to various individual users but those would have to be set by hand and won't show up by default. group "staff" includes every user with an account on your computer. "everyone" means absolutely everyone including remote users without accounts. it's even lower than the guest account which at least does have an account and as such is a member of staff. so what you need to do is remove all permissions from staff and everyone. You can also add rights to various individual accounts and groups. for example, it would make sense to give read+write access to the admin group. this will exclude guest and parental controlled accounts but would automatically include any admin accounts you may have.

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Photoshop Freezing on limited access user account

I am a computer teacher and when I log in as an Admin, no problems. When the students log in and use Photoshop, the computers will lock up for a couple minutes at a time randomly. No real pattern to it. I have older machines, running XP, so it would be nice to abandon CS5, but I only have a license for Photoshop 6. I have a 5-machine license for CS2 but they won't give me a lab license for it even though we spent big money to buy a site license for CS5.
Any ideas on how to allow my students to use Photoshop CS5? I even tried updating to CS 5.5 and no luck.
I've tried the first set of suggestions on the Adobe web site including:
Updating Windows XP
Updating Photoshop
Re-creating preferences
Update video driver

Responding to some of your other questions asked, earlier:
The OS Temp folder is set via an environmental variable that you can view in a couple different ways. Since I’m an old-timer I use DOS commands to do it:
Start -> ( All Programs -> ) Accessories -> Command Prompt
C:\...> SET
From the long list of things displayed you should see TMP and TEMP pointing to somewhere. This is where at least some programs store their temporary data. You might compare the SET listing for the Admin user and the Student users to see what is different.
Not having access to the C drive might cause PS to use another drive for its temporary files and if this is a USB-attached or network-attached drive things might slow down significantly.   You should monitor the PS scratch-disk-file location while PS is doing things to make sure PS is actually creating its scratch-file there, rather than some other, lower, location. Do the students have to use a USB-flash-drive for storage? If so, what happens to PS if you remove this to make sure PS is not using it, and/or does the access light flicker on this USB-attached device at points when the students aren’t reading or writing things to the drive, themselves, like PS or the OS is doing something with it?
You mention you cannot change the scratch disk. Is this because there is only one internal drive and therefore only one item to choose from, or are there other locations shown but PS isn’t allowing you to choose them?
From your description of what is happening, I’d guess it is a memory problem, where at some point the OS needs to swap virtual memory and real memory and this can be very, very slow depending on how many little chunks the memory is allocated in. XP especially seems to have a problem with this. A way to monitor this is to go to Task Manager (right-click on your task bar and choose Task Manager) then go to the Processes tab and use View -> Select Columns… to add some memory-related columns so both Virtual and Physical memory are shown. I don’t have access to an XP task-manager and Windows 7 does things differently so I cannot tell you exactly what the columns are called.   What you’ll likely see with Task Manager open is that at some point when the computer is very slow, the physical memory number will be counting down or up very slowly, in just a few K at a time, when there are many 100s of MB of memory allocated, and only when the PM and VM are stabilized will the system start to respond, again. Also enable the Page Fault Delta column. This will tell you how much the system is swapping between VM and PM every second. The numbers might be sporadically very high in the 1000s or 10000s but if they remain very high for sustained periods, then your computers need more memory, keeping in mind that the maximum memory a 32-bit Windows system can use is about 3GB and each program will get much less than that.
It’s also possible that your students’ virtual memory settings are set completely different than the Admin settings. You can check that in the Advanced tab of the Computer or My Computer -> right-click -> Properties -> Advanced, then Performance and The Advanced on Windows 7, I forget how XP does it but somewhere similar. The settings will be how big the minimum paging file is, how big the maximum is, what hard-drives the paging file is on, and whether the system can manage it or you are setting these things, explicitly.
How much memory do these computers have? How big is the system paging file (check in the Performance tab of Task Manager) and does this change between Admin and Student users? Are the PS settings for memory any different between the Admin and Student users?
Another thing that can cause PS to slow down is a network-connected printer connection timing out.   Do the Admin and Student users have different access to network printers? You might try removing/deleting all network-attached printers to see if things improve.

Creating a new user account and curious log in behavior...

First off I'd just like to apologize if that is not the correct place to be posting this, but after looking around I don't see a perfect fit for this topic anywhere, so I figured here should be okay. Also I want to apologize if this turns out to be a rather lengthy post, I just want to ensure that I supply all info...
Okay, so about a month ago I recognized that my current user account is slowly but surely taking longer and longer to "boot up" after I put in my password and tell it to log in. What usually happens is that I click log in, the background image and taskbar almost immediately pop up but nothing else (finder icons, dock, and the multiple icons in the taskbar which include the airport signal, user name, bluetooth status, battery strength, volume, and my iChat and Adium status) the only things to immediately "activate" in the taskbar are the clock and spotlight.
As of late when I log in something especially strange is happening in that after the 5 or so minutes it takes the dock, rest of taskbar, and finder icons to appear my PB will play the default Apple sound of me emptying trash, rather there is anything actually in the trash or not. It dosen't delete the objects in the trash (if any, as I usually keep it empty), just simply plays the sound. I'm not sure if it playing this sound ties in any with the lagging log in times, I just wanted to mention it as the log in times have slowed down considerably since this sound started.
Bottom line given that there is no way that I know of fixing this problem, I am planning to simply create a new user account. Actually I have already created the new account (by the way, it logs in literally instantaneously, and does not make the strange trash being emptied sound) but was looking for info on how to get all of my files from one account to the other. Unfortunately for me everytime that I install a program and the dialog box pops up asking if you want to install it on all user accounts or just the current one I always click "just the current one" (please don't ask why, as there is seriously no reasoning to this at all...), so is there a way to transfer my current programs from one user account to the other without reinstalling??? It's actually not that many programs I'm talking about here (Shapeshifter, Xounds, XFactor, AIM, Adium, Cocktail, Toast, Popcorn, iPod Rip, and Office), I just figured that if I can simply transfer rather than reinstalling them, it would be a lot easier.
However my 2 primary concerns are my iTunes and iPhoto libraries (3330 songs and 4182 pcitures respectively), considering that I've spent literally hours making countless playlist in iTunes, and countless folders, slideshows, and books in iPhoto, if I was to lose all this it would truly be a mess.
I know I'm probably making a big deal out of this and it's an extremely easy and basic process, please just pardon this still pretty new Mac user and help me out:) Also if anybody else has experienced the log in slow down or strange trash being emptied sound I would be glad to hear your experiences.
Thanks in advance!!!
Mervyn

Hi Mervin,
Bottom line given that there is no way that I know of fixing this problem, I am planning to simply create a new user account.
You can do that (but I wouldn't) this KB article outlines how:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=155373
Basically you will copy the folders within your old home to replace the folders in the new home. Here is a list of specific folders if you decide to do that but a better solution would be to sort your existing user.
Here where your important data is stored ("~" stands for "Home"):
Your Data in Documents
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/iCal(copy the whole folder)
Also in ~ / Library/ Application Support (copy whatever else you need)
~ /Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist * This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.
~ / Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
~ / Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
~ / Library/iMovie (copy the whole folder)
~/ Pictures/iPhoto Library
If you want cookies:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
so is there a way to transfer my current programs from one user account to the other without reinstalling???
As for applications, they should all be in your Application folder(there is only one) and available to ALL users, unless you have put "limitations" or "parental controls" on the account.
Now to the best course of action:
To find the issue affecting your existing user account, follow these steps:
Log back into your normal user account:
1. Navigate to ~(yourhome/library/fonts - drag this folder to the desktop.
      Restart and test your applications.
      If they work start adding the fonts back few at a time.
( Likely suspects are Time RO & Helvetica Fractions, also if you do not use Classic you can trash the classic fonts.)
2. Check Preferences Thoroughly;
      Navigate to ~(yourhome/library/preferences drag this folder to the desktop.
      Restart and test your applications.
      If this works, save the old preferences folder somewhere else or on disk, name it "old prefs" .
** Note: A very important file is the "com.apple.Mail.plist" preference file located in the Preferences folder which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences (hold this one and replace if your problem is not with Mail).
You'll have to go through some of your System Preferences and apps to set the preferences back to how you like them. (Or if you have the time and inclination, "cherry pick" through until you find the problem one or two.)
3. Check Permissions Inside Home Folder
   Navigate to yourhome/library.
   Get Info (Command - i) on folders for apps you are having problems with.
   Open the "Ownership & permissions" disclosure triangle.
   Make sure you are the owner, with "read and write" access.
Click on "apply to all"
   If this is correct, open the "Applications Support" folder and do the same      procedure (Command+I) for the folders with the names of the applications you are      having trouble with.
Note:
The reason to check this is because repairing permissions with Disk Utility doesn't touch permissions inside your home folder.
If the isssue persists navigate to ~/library/caches and drag this folder to the trash, then log out and back or restart. There is no need to replace this folder.
Good luck, let us know.

Limited-access user permission lockdown mode and allowing anon users to view list items

I'm working on setting up a public-facing SharePoint website that will need to support anonymous user access. I'm using the Enterprise Publishing Portal site collection template, so the Limited-access user permission lockdown mode feature is turned on.
Everything is working great, except allowing users to view a list item. One of the key features I was hoping to leverage was the ability to display custom lists on a web page using a List View web part. Then they could click on an item and see the DispForm.aspx
so the item's content was accessible, including any file attachments.
A real-world example is adding an RSS viewer web part to the home page and allowing anon users to click on one of the events to see the details of it. Currently, in lockdown mode, the users gets an authentication prompt.
I toyed with the idea of turning the lockdown feature off. However, I'm uncertain of the full impact that would have on security. For example, I know it will allow anonymous users to see who created and modified an item, which we don't want exposed to the
public (i.e. our employee names). Seems like opening a can of worms by disabling the lockdown mode...
Any ideas on how to tackle this would be greatly appreciated.

So far, this is the most promising solution I've come across:
http://soerennielsen.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/how-to-make-list-items-visible-to-anonymous-users-in-search

Crash on startup - limited to user account, but how?

Hello,
I've set up a new user account on my MacBook (OS 10.4.11) by importing the user folder from another computer using Migration Assistant. This computer has iPhoto 6 installed and it works fine in the other user accounts. However, in this new user account it "quits unexpectedly" about two seconds after it finishes its startup routine. I'll paste a crash report below.
Since the problem is limited to this user account, I immediately deleted the iPhoto preference file, but that didn't help; then I temporarily removed the entire Preferences folder; then the entire Library folder; and just for the heck of it, the entire Documents folder. I also removed the Pictures folder and let iPhoto create a new library, but it still crashes in the same way. I've also repaired disk permissions and reinstalled iPhoto from the system CD that came with the computer.
After all of this, I created another new user account, without importing any data, and iPhoto works fine there. So the problem still seems to be limited to this account, even though I've systematically eliminated everything I could think of that would cause the problem. Do you have any ideas?
Thanks,
-Arlo
Host Name: cafe-faux-lait
Date/Time: 2008-09-17 12:40:18.047 -0500
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4
Command: iPhoto
Path: /Applications/iApps/iPhoto 6.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Parent: WindowServer [922]
Version: 6.0.5 (6.0.5)
Build Version: 2
Project Name: iPhotoProject
Source Version: 3160000
PID: 1037
Thread: 7
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082c227 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ba42 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df2878 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 285
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df1f82 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 385
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df1dd9 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x93297f45 _DPSNextEvent + 572
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x93297b37 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x932918c4 -[NSApplication run] + 512
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x93285820 NSApplicationMain + 573
10 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0000ae06 0x1000 + 40454
11 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0000ad21 0x1000 + 40225
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9003f6cf syscallthreadswitch + 7
1 com.apple.AppKit 0x9336f0b2 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 1399
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927fa39c forkThreadForFunction + 123
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90026d5c kevent + 12
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb7d0c PrivateMPEntryPoint + 51
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900248c7 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb7eb2 MPWaitOnQueue + 198
2 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x92720943 TNodeSyncTask::SyncTaskProc(void*) + 143
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb7d0c PrivateMPEntryPoint + 51
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90047dd7 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb7eb2 MPWaitOnQueue + 198
2 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927442ad TIconRefTask::IconRefTaskProc(void*) + 87
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb7d0c PrivateMPEntryPoint + 51
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9001a1cc select + 12
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ffec read + 12
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ed56a _NSReadBytesFromFile + 183
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f868e -[NSData initWithContentsOfFile:] + 82
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9283e0e1 -[NSPlaceholderMutableDictionary initWithContentsOfFile:] + 71
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92806eeb +[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:] + 67
5 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0026759f 0x1000 + 2516383
6 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0018ff61 0x1000 + 1634145
7 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0019027a 0x1000 + 1634938
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x927fa39c forkThreadForFunction + 123
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 7 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90810082 CFRetain + 56
1 com.apple.MediaBrowser 0x3e661f56 -[MediaGrabberiTunes _loadMusicThreaded] + 733
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927fa39c forkThreadForFunction + 123
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 8:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90047dd7 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90ce0e54 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 163
2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x99701c12 ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint + 4723
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 9:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90047dd7 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90ce0e54 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 163
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cead80 AIOFileThread(void*) + 1068
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 10:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900248c7 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9986e29b jpegdecompress_MPLoop + 79
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 7 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x90810058 ecx: 0x01800038 edx: 0x1a296920
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xb0322e98 esp: 0xb0322e70
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x90810082 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
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Then you're right, the problem is not with the Library.
The oddity here is that this crash is not uncommon in iPhoto 6:
Thread 7 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90810082 CFRetain + 56
1 com.apple.MediaBrowser 0x3e661f56 -MediaGrabberiTunes _loadMusicThreaded + 733
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927fa39c forkThreadForFunction + 123
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
And It's been traced back to the either re-installing GarageBand or, if not removed, then by Opening and Saving something in Garage Band. So, frankly, I'm not sure where else to go with this.
Regards
TD

Have recently had problems with itunes freezing on me so having done various things to rectify it im now going to try to create a new user account but where the heck do you find the start menu ?

have recently had problems with itunes freezing on me so having done various things to remody it , im now going to try to create a new user account but i cant find where to start things ! ive been told to go to the start menu but where the heck is it ?

Leigh...
but cannot do this because I cannot access Mac App Store
If you can't access the App Store from the Apple menu, Dock, or Applications folder installing the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo will reinstall the App Store for you.
It's ok to do this even you are already running v10.6.8.
Plants vs. Zombies, and that is all for additional software on here
FYI: Some third party software can cause issues with the App Store > Mac App Store: Sign in sheet does not appear, or does not accept typed text
Apple is not responsible for incompatibility isssues with third party software.

How do I create a new user account?

I have a new iPod with a different iTunes account than my other devices. How do I sync the iPod on my iMac with the songs/movies from its own iTunes account? Do I need to create a new user profle on the computer for that?

As you said, I recommend to create a new user account and create a new iTunes library on that user with the content of the iPod. If you sync it with your user account, you will get on the iPod the content from a different Apple ID and maybe content that you don't want.
To create a new user account, open System Preferences > Users & Groups, and press the + button that it's below the left sidebar (where users are listed). Then, just follow the steps to set up the user account.
Now, every time you start your Mac, OS X will ask you the user account you want to start OS X with

How do I create a new user account and migrate my data to it?

I have problem with Adobe Bridge crashing when I exit Camera Raw. I was advised by my local apple service store to create a new user account and test Bridge using the new account. It works fine. So what do I do now? I don't know what in my account is causing the conflict but assume that the solution might be e newly setup user.

Checking the behaviour in another user account is a TEST, not a solution! You don't need to move everything over. Otherwise, every time you get a user account problem, you'll keep moving to a new user account again and again.
If the problem does not occur in a new user account, then the cause is something IN your user account. This is usually a Preference file. Adobe Bridge seems to crash a lot, and it can usually be fixed by deleting the Bridge folder in <user>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/
You can also try deleting the Bridge preference file, which will be in <user>/Library/Preferences, and called com.adobe.bridge5.plist (or similar).
If that doesn't work, you can test removing a whole bunch of the various Adobe files in those folders. You can always put them back if they don't change anything. And you've got a backup, haven't you? ;-)

I can not create a new user account on eprint

i can not create a new user account on eprint. I have been trying for over an hour and it repeats telling me that my email addresses are not entered correctly, however they match. ?

I have tried to create an account via ePrintCenter and it seems that the published application has several flaws in interpreting the provided input.
1) In the Filed for last Name I enter my last name, which consist of only Alph Characters. The form however thinks that there is some sort of special character and rejects my Input.
2) E-Mail address. is not identical; OK, so I do a quick OCR on the E-Mail and guess what they are identical. Again the form Fails to recognize this.
3) Enter a password (2 Fields) and a third is displayed which is marked as "*required" but is not labeled as to what the required info could possibly be. Or is it a 3 password confirmation box, who knows.
All I know is that a simple registration is a major pain with this HP site.
Any Help as to how to alleviate this would of course be greatly appreciated.

Can I Create a New User Account and Move Existing Account ???

Lion was reinstal.
I'm suspecting issue with one user account.
Can I creat a new user account and move all my files to that new user?
What are the impact?
How about permissons on this files?
What about the Library Folder?
Thank you for your help and support.
BigBlaze

This should help you out after you have created the new user account. You are trying to make it much more complex than it needs to be. Just follow the directions in:
Transferring files from one User Account to another.

After creating a new user account, how do I move my files into the new user?

I have an issue where my 'Desktop/Screensaver' prefs seem to be corrupt somehow. When I click on that icon in System Preferences, it stalls and I get the spinning ball, thus resulting in a force quit. After reading a Mac Format magazine where someone wrote in with a similar issue, they said to trash various prefs (did that and made no difference) and if that didn't work, try creating a New User account (therefore creating brand new system prefs) and move your stuff over.
Well, I've created the New User account, but I can't figure out how to move/copy my stuff into the user folders. After copying and attempting to move stuff in, I see folders with a red circle with a white line through it (like a 'no entry' sign).
Any clue as to how this can be done? All I'm trying to do is to reinstate the system prefs so they are not corrupt anymore on my log-in.

No. Not the main Library folder. Make absolutely sure you are in the Home Library folder and not the main Library folder.
Your Home Library folder is hidden in Lion. To get to it, in the Finder menu, select GO and hold the option key down. Select Library in the submenu. The Finder window will open in your Home Library. This is where your user prefs are stored.
Once there, you will see the Preferences folder. Open it up, select all items within it and move them to the trash. You will need to restart in order for the new Finder preferences to be recreated.
Once you restart, then you will be back to the default preferences to the system and all applications. And yes, it will affect all settings including your Dock, just as logging into a new user. You will have to reset everything there also.
If you wish to do a selective method, instead of deleting all preferences, try deleting the one associated with your problem. Screen saver problems should be affected by the system preferences, so try deleting this:
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
com.apple.systempreferences.plist.lockfile
Note that when you delete system file preferences, a restart will be required. For applications, just quit the application before trashing preference files.

Creating a default User account for new users

Today I tried creating a default setting for and account that could be used for all new users. I did web searches after web serches and not luck. In the old systems it was simple, but Mavericks made it difficult. But after much hair pulling and putting several suggestions together it is just as simple as it was before.
Step 1 Create a new user account
Step 2 log on to that account and set it up totally, that means background picture, preferences, dock, everything
Step 3 click on the home incon in a finder window then go to Finder view select view options and at the bottom check show library
Step 4 go to HD>system library>user templates, you will need to select the file, Command I for info, unlock the lock, click + at bottom select your admin account, give youself read write permissions, go click on the folder you wish/need to change and get info and repeat the step above for each folder.
Step 5 replace the library folder and any other you wish to change with the one from the new account
Step 6 you can also place any documents on the desktop or document folder and replace them
Step 7 create a new user account and verify that the settings and dock are correct.
This takes about 5 minutes or so and is much easier for the non pro

I don't always understand how things can be different from one computer to the other running the same systems and following the same steps but I have 2 iMac's and the steps above for the desktop picture worked on one but not on the other, go figure. So as a fix the default picture was named Wave in the Desktop Picture folder so I changed the name of it to Wave1 and renamed the new photo Wave, did not change the alias in the CoreService folder, now the second computer creates and new user account with all my perferred settings and background picture.
As a recap of my orginal post by creating a default user account, setting up the preferences for finder, and setting up the dock, I simply replaced the preference folder in the User Template file and it works perfectly. Remember that you can do the same with the Document folder or the desktop if you want to place them for all new users.
Since I am not a professional computer person I do not feel comfortable using the terminal or scripting so this works very well for the common person to create a new user template.

Any suggestions on creating a new user account please? (thinpad x61 tablet, Vista Business edition)

I would appreciate any suggestions on creating/editing the user account on my second-hand thinkpad X61 tablet (running Vista Business) edition. I bought the laptop from ebay in Germany/Austria. When I switched it on, there were no options to create or edit a username. I have completed all the updates (Lenavo and Windows). I tried the following to add a new administrative account:
1, Control Panel then selecting User Accounts. A screen appears for a second and then disappears.
2. I have also tried typing in sysdm.cpl in the command prompt,
None of the above worked, as the screen does not appear at all. I have also tried allowing the automatic updates on, that does not work either. I was wondering if this is managed by the Think Vantage system. Not sure if this is relevant, the Vista Business language was set in German and I added a language pack via Vistalizator to turn it into English.
Any help with this issue would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

Hello,
Have you tried running the Local Users and Groups Manager (filename: LUSRMGR.MSC) to create a new user? If so, were you able to create additional accounts through it?
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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How to create a new user account?

Hi,
Could you point me to the document/maunal on
how to create a new user account for OS X 10.4?
I somehow couldn't find that from Apple web site.
And I found one here:
http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=2004110211244242
and followed the instruction:
# echo 'henry::512:512::0:0:Henry James:/Users/henry:/bin/bash' | sudo niload -v passwd /
but nothing happened. Either this doesn't work with
V10.4 (which I use), or I missed something.
Any pointer would be much apprecaited.
Thanks.
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

Hi Allan and Simon,
Thanks for your responses.
Sorry I didn't make my question clear. I meant:
"How to create a new user account with command line"?
The GUI (System Preference) would work. But I'd like
to how to do it from command line (just like on Unix).
Any inputs would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4)
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

My friend gave his Macbook pro to me a month ago but he forgot his password. I want to log him out and creat a new user account of myself.

my friend gave his Macbook pro to me a month ago but he forgot his password. I want to log him out and creat a new user account of myself.

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