Specifications

SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION AE/LZB 119 1897 R1A
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10.
Add the new user to the required user account group(s) by selecting the group(s) in the “Not member of:” list and
then clicking the <Add> command button. This action adds the selected group(s) to the “Member of:” list. Any
user running the console application must have rights to change the system time per a group membership right; if
required, see the User Manager program’s User Rights Policy dialog box for each group’s current rights.
11.
Close the Group Memberships sub-dialog box via its <OK> command button.
12.
Close the New User dialog box via its <OK> command button.
6.1.4.2 Changing Passwords
Changing of the Administrator’s and CONSOLE accounts’ passwords may be desired. This will help secure the
console/computer from unauthorized access. For each account, the new password should be committed to memory or, if
necessary, recorded and stored in a safe place. Use the following procedure to change a password. However, note that only a
member of the “Administrators” group may change passwords of other users.
1.
From Program Manager, if necessary open the Administrative Tools program group by double-clicking on its icon:
2.
Execute the User Manager program by double-clicking on its icon:
3.
In the Username list, select the user.
4.
On the User menu, select P
roperties. This action opens the User Properties dialog box.
5.
In the two respective text boxes enter a password and confirm the password. If no password is entered here, the user
may log-on without password entry by simply pressing the <Enter> key on the standard PC keyboard.
6.
Close the User Properties dialog box via its <OK> command button.
6.1.5 Manual Vs. Automatic User Log-On
The CONSOLE or any other user account may be configured for either manual or automatic Windows NT log-on.
Manual log-on requires password entry and automatic log-on does not. The factory default configuration is automatic log-on
with the default log-on user = CONSOLE.
6.1.5.1 Manual Log-On
The manual method requires the user (for example: the dispatcher) at log-on to enter his/her user name if he/she was not
the last one to log-on and to always enter a password. Both entries are accomplished at the standard PC keyboard, not the
dispatch (“custom”) keyboard. If necessary, refer to Microsoft’s Windows NT Workstation System Guide manual for
additional details.
This manual log-on method may not be required or desired in certain dispatch environments since the standard PC
keyboard may not be easily accessible or, in some cases, it is not available at all. In these cases, automatic user log-on is
required/desired.
6.1.5.2 Automatic Log-On
Automatic user log-on requires no user name or password entry—no standard PC keyboard is required for log-on.
Because no password entry is required to start Windows NT, this method provides little security for console/computer access.
However, in most dispatch centers, this is not an issue.
During an automatic user log-on sequence, a user may depress the <Shift> key on the standard PC keyboard to revert
back to manual log-on. This may be necessary if, for example, CONSOLE is the default log-on user and log-on is automatic
(factory default configuration), and an administrator must make a system change via the Administrator user account. The