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If the account is not a domain, there's nothing to centralize the accounts. &nbsp;That means you won't necessarily have everything the same on the network.
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If the account is not a domain, there's nothing to centralize the accounts.  That means you won't necessarily have everything the same on the network.

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 I need a user account with admin privliges to be able to edit the system varibles. The problem is the account works on some computers but not on others. There are 20+ identical computers on a network. What would cause the sytem properties to be different? The OS is XP Pro. 
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 I need a user account with admin privliges to be able to edit the system varibles. The problem is the account works on some computers but not on others. There are 20+ identical computers on a network. What would cause the sytem properties to be different? The OS is XP Pro. 

Can't edit system varibles

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.

Microsoft Legacy OS

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.