User Management
User Accounts
Naming Conventions
- Naming convention is a standard process for creating names on a network or standalone computer. Even small networks benefit from resources with meaningful names.
- Here are the following naming conventions:
- First name: In small environments, there is little risk that two users will have the same f rst
name. This approach is easy for users to remember.
- First name and last initial: This naming convention helps ensure that user logon names are
not duplicated. In small and mid-sized environments, if two users have the same f rst name,
they are unlikely to have the same last initial.
- First initial and last name: Most large environments use this naming convention or a
variation of it. Last names are more likely to be unique than f rst names, so this convention
reduces the risk of duplicate user logon names.
- Here are the following naming restrictions imposed by Windows 7:
- User logon names must be unique: No two users can have the same logon name, because
the logon name is used by the computer to identify the user and verify the password associ-
ated with it during logon
- User logon name must be 20 characters or less This restriction is typically not a problem,
because no users want to type in a logon name of 20 characters or more.
- User logon names are not case sensitive: You cannot change the case of letters to create
unique user logon names; Windows 7 will read any case changes as the original name.
Also, users do not need to be concerned about case when they type in their user name.
However, passwords are case sensitive.
- User logon names cannot contain invalid characters: Windows 7 uses some characters for
special functions, so they cannot be used in user logon names. The invalid characters are: * / \ [ ] : ; | = , + ? < > - @
- A username cannot consist exclusively of periods or spaces.