On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:43:02 GMT, Jim Richards wrote:

> Hello all. The installation instructions in "Microsoft SQL Server: System
> Administration" tell me to Create a New User Account in the 'Active
> Directory Users and Computers' application. But when I search Win XP Pro for
> this filename, it can't find it. I started AddPrograms and clicked on
> everything that I didn't install originally. Still search could not find it.
> What am I overlooking or doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help. Jim
> Richards

"Ross Presser" <rpresser@imtek.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:43:02 GMT, Jim Richards wrote:
>
>> Hello all. The installation instructions in "Microsoft SQL Server: System
>> Administration" tell me to Create a New User Account in the 'Active
>> Directory Users and Computers' application. But when I search Win XP Pro
>> for
>> this filename, it can't find it. I started AddPrograms and clicked on
>> everything that I didn't install originally. Still search could not find
>> it.
>> What am I overlooking or doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help. Jim
>> Richards
>
> If your SQL server is running on an XP machine that is not part of a
> domain, you will want the Local Users and Groups segment under
> Administrative Tools (or under Computer Management, same thing.)

> Thank you Ross. Now how do I tell if my XP Pro is, or is not, part of a
> domain? This stuff is all new to me. TIA, Jim.

"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
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> Jim Richards (JWRichards@satx.rr.com) writes:
>> Thank you Ross. Now how do I tell if my XP Pro is, or is not, part of a
>> domain? This stuff is all new to me. TIA, Jim.
>
> Control Panel, the System applet. Go the Computer Name tab. If it says
> Workgroup under "Full computer name", you are not in a domain. If it says
> Domain followed by the domain name, you are in a domain.
>
> If you have your machine, and not connected to anyone else's, you are
> very likely not in a domain.
>
> If you are in a domain, you might have to see your system administrator
> to create that user.
>
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp