Appendix c. user tasks, Windows vista, Windows xp – Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 User Manual
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Appendix C. User tasks
Users may not be able to perform certain tasks, based upon user rights. The following tables outline basic
task capability with the limited user, power user, and administrator default operating system user ID
permissions. The tasks and capabilities differ by Windows operating system.
Windows Vista
The following table presents the tasks that limited, power, and administrative users can perform in Rescue
and Recovery in a Windows Vista environment.
Table 43. Windows Vista user tasks
Windows Vista users can perform the
following:
Limited user
Power user
Administrator
Create rescue media ISO.
No
No
Yes (with command
line provided below)
Create bootable CD media.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create USB hard disk drive bootable media.
No
No
Yes
Initiate backup.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Initialize restore in the Rescue and Recovery
environment (RRE).
Yes
Yes
Yes
Perform single-file restore in the Rescue and
Recovery environment.
No (Windows) Yes
(Windows Pre Boot
Area)
No (Windows) Yes
(Windows Pre Boot
Area)
Yes
Set include and exclude in the Rescue and
Recovery interface.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backup to a network drive.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Schedule backups.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Predesktop Area login ID carry over
Note: The last Windows administrator ID is the
only ID that can automatically carry over from
Windows to the Predesktop Area. Windows
limited and power users will need to retype
their user ID and passwords to logon to the
Predesktop Area.
No
No
Yes
Windows XP
The following table presents the tasks that limited, power, and administrative users can perform in the
Rescue and Recovery program in a Windows XP environment.
Table 44. Windows XP user tasks
Windows XP users can perform the
following:
Limited user
Power user
Administrator
Create rescue media ISO.
No
No
Yes (with command
line provided below)
Create bootable CD media.
Yes
Yes
Yes
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