compwolf — Sun, 29 Aug 2004 05:36:49 +0000

I highly reccomend using the "help and support" option in the start menu ... you will find a lot of your answers in there ... also there are some great CD learning softwares as well as the "Windows XP for Dummies" book that will help you become a fluent user of XP ... before getting into the service packs and critical updates I would bone up on XP before you get too buried ... Depending on the version you are running there are Huge differences in their behaviours ...

What I mean by the last statement is the Home edition has a lot less of the security features and setup options that the XP professional version has ...

Another option if you have the time is to take a CIS course at your local college ... it will teach you many things about using the windows environment in XP as well as some good stuf on the more common Office applications ...

brady.k — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:09:09 +0000

Yes profiles should fix the war you ae having.

Having two Admins is fine...but I don't know why one would save to another's settings.

I have noticed though, (just remembered) that when installing programs, sometimes they are installed on the whole computer, but fail to be put in the Program Files menu on the other user's profile...you can do that manually, and things should be fine.

fifeclub — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:05:38 +0000

Eskater05 wrote: Ok...I'm going to tackle some of these:
Profiles
Maybe you don't have them set up correctly, as each user should have their own settings. Make sure you don't have them sharing settings. Also, if yours is the "Master" account or w/e its called, and her's isnt...maybe thats causing an issue
Installing Programs
Make sure when you install, if there's an option to "install to this profile" or "install on this computer", pick this computer. You can also go in under the "Master" account, and modify the other user's settings, even as far as which programs they can use. Check that out.

Thanks. I guess the first question would be, like you said, am I using it correctly? I am using the profile that was created when I first turned on the computer. I guess that would be considered the Master Account??? I'm not at home right now but I think it called it an "Administrator" type of profile, but I can't remember. I later created Profile #2 thru the control panel. The only two choices were Adminstrator or Limited (or some similar terms). Because I was told that only an Administrator can install programs (which could be annoying if it's something as simple as updating your Showckwave), I set up #2 as another Administrator. Was this bad?

One thing I noticed was that when saving a file, Profile #2 had /my_wife's_name/ in the path name, but saving a file on Profile #2 did not say my name in the path. I'm not at that computer right now but I think it said "user" or something like that in the location where my wife's name was found. Does that fact mean something?

I installed 4-6 applications yesterday, but never was I asked if I wanted it installed "on this profile" or "on this computer". That would've been great but it never asked me.

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So if I can configure things the right way.... will Profiles save my "default browser/email war"? Or are are there other complications with Profiles that just outweigh the benefit?

Thanks

brady.k — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:22:13 +0000

Ok...I'm going to tackle some of these:
Profiles
Maybe you don't have them set up correctly, as each user should have their own settings. Make sure you don't have them sharing settings. Also, if yours is the "Master" account or w/e its called, and her's isnt...maybe thats causing an issue
Installing Programs
Make sure when you install, if there's an option to "install to this profile" or "install on this computer", pick this computer. You can also go in under the "Master" account, and modify the other user's settings, even as far as which programs they can use. Check that out.
Lost Email Settings
I don't know whats going on here, because I am on networked DSL, but word on the street is if you download SP2 that came out on Wednesday, that fixes alot of the Internet Connection Manager issues.
Pop-ups Galore
You can disable auto-play, or configure it to only auto-play certain types. It's in Control Panel somewhere.
Shared Folders
Here's how it works. The "Master" accounts can view anybodys files, but not vice versa. If you want to share documents back and forth (MP3s, movies, docs, htmls, w/e...but not programs), yes, you need to store them in there.

I hope I helped.