Guest Charlie Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 This is sort of a generic question. The OS is XP Pro with SP3. We have two user accounts setup. Some features, applications etc. are separate on one account compare to the other. As a simple example each of us has different desk tops and we use different operating systems. But when I decided that my desk top was too cluttered and deleted a bunch of short cuts that were rarely being used, I got a comment from the other account holder that the short cuts had been removed from her desk top. While this is a non problem, it does raise a question. Where can I find a list of those features etc. that are common to all users and which ones are individually owned? Charlie
Guest Malke Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 Re: Dealing with two accounts on one machine Charlie wrote: > This is sort of a generic question. > The OS is XP Pro with SP3. > We have two user accounts setup. > > Some features, applications etc. are separate on one account compare to > the other. > > As a simple example each of us has different desk tops and we use > different operating systems. > But when I decided that my desk top was too cluttered and deleted a bunch > of short cuts that were rarely being used, I got a comment from the other > account holder that the short cuts had been removed from her desk top. > > > While this is a non problem, it does raise a question. > > Where can I find a list of those features etc. that are common to all > users and which ones are individually owned? There will not be a list, per se. The reason the icons were deleted was because they were put (by the programs themselves during installation) into the All Users>Desktop directory. Go to %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\various directories and look at what's in there. You can move things from the All Users Desktop and Start Menu into specific users' directories if you like. The entries are just shortcuts after all. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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