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Tekzilla Daily: Secret user-account settings
Created: 03/03/2008
Video description: By default, Windows XP gives you a pretty limited range of options when dealing with user accounts. You can create and edit accounts, change passwords, pictures, account type, and simple log-on/log-off functions. But what if you need a bit more precision

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