How to create a new user

To access the User Settings screen:

• Double-click the HP Media Vault icon on your desktop.
• Click Customize your HP Media Vault’s setting.
• If the Welcome Screen appears, click Configure Device.
• Click the User Settings tab.

Important: To create new users, you must be in user-based mode. (For more information on switching from workgroup to user-based mode, see Enhance security on your Shared Folders.)

To create a new user:

1. In the User Settings tab, click Create New User.
2. Enter the username in the User’s Name box.
3. Enter a password in the Password box. All users must have a password.
4. Re-enter the password in Confirm Password.

Privilege level

Each user you define must have a privilege level for every Shared Folder on your HP Media Vault. The media vault automatically assigns each user Full-Access for each existing Shared Folder and any new folders you create. Users keep their Full Access privileges until you change the User’s Default Privilege Level.

To change the User’s Default Privilege Level:

1. Select either Read-Only Access or No Access.
   • You can also change a user’s access (privilege) level on a specific Shared Folder. For example, you could keep a user’s default privilege level to full access on all Shared Folders except for one folder where you have saved financial or other personal data.
2. If you want to make specific privilege level changes, proceed to the next section. Otherwise, click Accept or Cancel. (If you click Cancel, your changes will not be accepted.)

To assign a different access (privilege) level to a specific Shared Folder

1. Select the Shared Folder from the Select Shared Folder drop-down list.
2. Select the privilege level from the Select Privilege Level drop-down list.
3. Click the Add button.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for changing the default privilege level for each Shared Folder on your media vault.
5. Click Accept or Cancel. (If you click Cancel, everything that you entered on this screen will not be accepted.)