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How to create a new user
To access the User Settings screen:
Double
-
click the
HP Media Vault
icon on your desktop.
Click
Customize your HP Media Vault
’
s setting
.
If the
Welcome Screen
appears, click
Configure Device
.
Click the
User Settings
tab.
Important:
To create new users, you must be in user
-
based mode. (For more information on switching from
workgroup to user
-
based mode, see
Enhance security on your Shared Folders
.)
To create a new user:
1.
In the
User Settings
tab, click
Create New User
.
2.
Enter the username in the
User
’
s Name
box.
3.
Enter a password in the
Password
box. All users must have a password.
4.
Re
-
enter the password in
Confirm Password
.
Privilege level
Each user you define must have a privilege level for every
Shared Folder
on your HP Media Vault. The media
vault automatically assigns each user
Full
-
Access
for each existing Shared Folder and any new folders you
create. Users keep their
Full Access
privileges until you change the
User
’
s Default Privilege Level
.
To change the User
’
s Default Privilege Level:
1.
Select either
Read
-
Only Access
or
No Access
.
You can
also change a user
’
s access
(privilege) level
on a specific Shared Folder. For example, you
could keep a user
’
s default privilege level to full access on all Shared Folders except for one folder
where you have saved financial or other personal data.
2.
If you want to make specific privilege level changes, proceed to the next section.
Otherwise, click
Accept
or
Cancel
. (If you click
Cancel,
your changes will not be accepted.)
To assign a different access (privilege) level to a specific Shared Folder
1.
Select the Shared Folder from the
Select Shared Folder
drop
-
down list.
2.
Select the privilege level from the
Select Privilege Level
drop
-
down list.