User Account and Password

• Default Settings of User Account and Password

• To Add Password

• To Change Password

• To Add New User

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Default Settings of User Account and Password

For Windows 7 units

Standard User Limitation

The standard user account has some limitation in access, especially in performing the below tasks. These are only allowed with administrator account:

• Change date and time settings
• Firmware update
• Enable and disable USB storage
• Enable Web Server
• Saving file under specified directories (such as the root directory) determined by Windows
• Change User Account Control settings

User Account Control

With administrator account, you are allowed to modify the User Account Control settings. To access the User Account Control setting, open Control Panel, click on User Accounts > Change User Account Control settings. The default setting is Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer.  With this selection, you are notified each time a program tries to make any changes to your computer. Other available settings are not guaranteed in the ENA operation.

With a standard user account, default setting (Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer) should be selected before you leave from an administrator account.

For Windows XP units

The default settings for user account and password defers according to the Storage revision. If you are using E5072A with windows XP, at initial registration setup, the account name is set as agena but the password is not set and Auto Log On is activated. You may create a password for this account or add a new user.

If you are using E5072A with Windows 7, you will find that at the factory default setting, the account name is Instrument, the password is measure4u, and Auto Log On is activated. Refer to change password.

To know E5072A Storage revision, refer to checking the Storage revision.

• In windows XP, the standard user account can not be used.

• For all accounts, password is not mandatory.

To Add Password

1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.

2. Click Change an Account.

3. Select your account name.

4. Click Create a password.

5. Enter you password and password hint.

6. Click Create Password button.

To Change Password

Windows 7

1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.

2. Click Add or Remove User Accounts.

3. Click on the account you would like to change password from the Choose the account you would like to change.

4. Click Change the password.

5. Enter new password, new password again to confirm and password hint.

6. Click Change Password button.

Windows XP

1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.

2. Click Change an Account.

3. Select the icon of your account name.

4. Click Change the password.

5. Enter new password, new password again to confirm and password hint.

6. Click Change Password button.

• When the password of the account being logged in is changed, the above procedure is little different.

To require users to press CTRL+ALT+DELETE before logging on

For added security, you can require users to press  CTRL+ALT+DELETE before logging on.

1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.

2. Click Change the way users log on or off.

3. Check out Use the Welcome screen.

4. Click Apply Options.

5. Log off Windows.

6. The E5072A must be removed from the domain for the procedure to work. When shipped, the E5072A is configured as a member of a workgroup. If the configuration of the E5072A is later changed so as to be a member of domain, then name/password must always be entered at startup. This is a security requirement of Windows.
7. If the E5072A is assigned to a domain, then Change the way users log on or off will not be available in User Accounts dialogue box.

To Add New User

Windows 7

1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.

2. Click Add or remove user accounts.

3. Click Create a new account.

4. Enter the new account name.

5. Select either Standard user or Administrator.

6. Click Create Account button.

Windows XP

1. Open User Accounts in Control Panel.

2. Click Create a new account.

3. Type the new account name, then click Next.

4. Select Computer Administrator.

5. Click Create Account.

6. Select the icon of your account name.

7. Click Change password.

8. Enter new password, new password again to confirm and password hint.

9. Click Change Password button.

• Accounts must be the computer administrator if you make measurements.