An account is a critical component of any secure operating system. Windows NT allows many different types of accounts, from normal user accounts to built-in accounts with administrative powers. Because Windows NT tries to balance security with usability, policies allow the administrator to enable different levels of security and logging. This topic will discuss Windows NT accounts and policies. A user interacts with an account whenever he logs in.
Security is applied to each account accordingly.
When logging in, the user must supply the account name, the password and file system destination. On a Windows NT server, the user must also supply the Windows NT domain for his account. In single domain environments, the default domain is automatically selected. Further, when logging into a Windows NT workstation, the user can choose to log into the network or the workstation itself. All Windows NT users have a domain account that serves as their primary identification to the network.