# Add a Windows-linked user or Windows-linked user group

1. Press Type to select Windows-linked User, or Windows-linked User Group.

   Tip: | When adding a Windows-linked user, or a Windows-linked user group, the system will verify whether the user or group exists in the Windows User Accounts. If the user or group does not exist in the Windows User Accounts, it cannot be added.

2. In the Name box, type the user or group name. The name is not case sensitive.

   Tip: | On PanelView Plus 6, and PanelView Plus 7 terminals, there is a five-minute threshold when adding a Windows-linked user, or a Windows-linked user group. When you add a Windows-linked user, or a Windows-linked user group for the first time, a window prompts you to enter an authorized user name and password. Within five minutes after a Windows-linked user, or a Windows-linked user group is successfully added, you can add another Windows-linked user, or Windows-linked user group without entering an authorized user name and password. Beyond five minutes after a Windows-linked user, or a Windows-linked user group is successfully added, a window will prompt you to enter an authorized user name and password again before you can add another Windows-linked user, or Windows-linked user group.