Creating a User Account for Accessing a Shared Folder (Windows Server 2008)

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You need to create user accounts of the users who access the shared folder in advance. This section describes the procedures to create a new account in your computer.


Remark
  • Log on to Windows with administrator privileges.
  • Even if you don't create a new account by following the procedures below, you can add a pre-registered account as the user who is permitted to access the shared folder. In such case, you need to create a password if it is not set to the pre-registered account. Once the password is created, the user is prompted to type it when he/she logs on to a computer.
  1. On the [Start] menu, select [Control Panel] to open [Control Panel] window.
  1. Click [Add or remove user accounts].
  • If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears, click [Continue].
  1. In the [Manage Accounts] dialog box, click [Create a new account].
  1. In the [Create New Account] dialog box, enter the user name, check [Standard user], and then click [Create Account].
  • A user name can be up to 20 alphanumeric characters.
  • It is recommended that you take a note of the user name you created here. You will need it in "Specifying Destinations."
  1. Click the user name created in step 4, and then click [Create a password].
  1. In the [Create Password] dialog box, type the password in two boxes, and then click [Create password].
  • A password can be up to 14 alphanumeric characters.
  • It is recommended that you take a note of the password you created here. You will need it in "Specifying Destinations."
  1. Close the [Change an Account] dialog box.

Proceed to "Setting a Shared Folder and Access Permissions (Windows Server 2008)."