I fucking hate Microsoft

Ruth catalogs for a small Canadian concern. The application they use is Bibliofile, a specialized cataloging app which runs as a frontend to the PostgreSQL database. Bibliofile, during installation, creates a background user which does not appear in your menu of login choices. Post-installation, you have to reset the password and change it to never expire. Again, this user does not appear in the regular User Accounts list and must be managed through advanced methods.

In Windows XP, this is done by going into the User Accounts control panel, clicking the Advanced tab, then clicking the Advanced button under Advanced user management. The Local Users and Groups console appears, you expand the Users folder, select the Bibliofile user, right-click to reset the password, then right-click again to get Properties, tick 'Password never expires', click OK, close the console and you're done. Three minutes, max.

XP had two versions; XP Home and XP Pro, and the chief difference between them was the complexity of the networking abilities. Managing users and groups was available to both.

Vista has four versions: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate. Local Users and Groups is only available to Business and Ultimate. The Toshiba Satellite Ruth got from Best Buy ships with Home Premium -- and upgrading to Ultimate costs $159.