
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 41. 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 Rescue and
Recovery environment (RRE).
Yes Yes Yes
Perform single-file restore in
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
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