# Use the Add User/Group Account dialog box

## To add a FactoryTalk security user, a Windows-linked user, or a Windows-linked group to the system at run-time

1. Press the Add User/Group button to open the Add User/Group Account dialog box.
2. If you want to add a FactoryTalk security user, follow step a. If you want to add a Windows-linked user or Windows-linked group, follow step b.
   1. Add a FactoryTalk security user
      1. Press Type to select FactoryTalk Security User.
      2. In the Name box, type the user name. The name is not case sensitive.
      3. In the Password box, type the user password. The password is case sensitive.
      4. In the Confirm Password box, type the user password again.
      5. Press the Advanced button to set the following options if needed, and click OK. The advanced settings are set to No by default.
         - User must change password at next logon
         - User cannot change password
         - Password never expires
         - Account is disabled

           Tip: | For more information on run-time security settings, refer to "Working with the Runtime Security editor" in FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User's Guide. For more information on account policy settings, refer to "Setting up security policies" in FactoryTalk Help.

   2. 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.

3. Press the Add button or Enter on the external keyboard or string pop-up keyboard to add the user or group. The operation status shows in the Result field.

   Tip: | If the application is running on a computer that does not have an external keyboard or keypad, press the Name, Password, and Confirm Password buttons to open the string pop-up keyboard.

Tip: | A newly added user does not belong to any user group and has no run-time security code. The user cannot log in the system before the user is moved to an existing group that is configured with run-time security code(s).

## Use the buttons

- Name

  Press this button to open the string pop-up keyboard. Use the keyboard to type the user or group name, and then press Enter on the keyboard.

- Password or Confirm Password

  Press this button to open the string pop-up keyboard. Use the keyboard to type the user or group password, and then press Enter on the keyboard.

- Add

  Press this button to finish adding a user or group.

- Cancel

  Press this button to close the dialog box without adding user or group.

## Use other keys

- Delete

  Press this key on an external keyboard to clear the box that the cursor is in.

- Backspace

  Press this key on an external keyboard or keypad to delete the character in front of the cursor. Hold the button down to delete multiple characters.

- Left arrow

  Press this key on an external keyboard to move the cursor to the left.

- Right arrow

  Press this key on an external keyboard to move the cursor to the right.

## See also

Create Add User/Group buttons

Set up general properties for an Add User/Group button

Set up a caption and image for a button

Use the string pop-up keyboard