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Appendix c. user tasks, Windows vista – Lenovo ThinkPad R61i User Manual

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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 42. 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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