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"Microsoft Windows Server 2008: A Beginner's Guide"

Click Start | Administrative Tools | Computer Management.
2. In the left pane, open System Tools | Local Users And Groups, and doubleclick
Groups. The list of built-in groups will be displayed, like this:
3. Double-click a few groups to open their respective Properties dialog boxes, in
which you can see the members of each group.
4. Click the Action menu and click New Group. The New Group dialog box opens.
5. Enter a group name of up to 256 upper- or lowercase characters. It cannot
contain just periods or just spaces; it can??™t contain ??? / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > @;
and leading spaces or periods are dropped. Enter the description of what the
group can uniquely do, and click Add. The Select Users dialog box opens.
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6. Click Advanced, enter a username and password if asked, click Find Now,
hold down ctrl, and select the users that you want to include in the group.
Click OK. When you have selected all you want to include, click OK. Your new
group should look similar to this:
7. When your group is the way you want it, click Create and then click Close. The
new group will appear in the list on the right of the Computer Management
window. Close that window when you are ready.
Groups in Active Directory Domain Controllers
To view and add groups in an Active Directory domain controller, you need to use the
Active Directory Users And Computers window.


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