XP User accounts

[Guest RJK]

What a mystery XP user accounts - credentials etc. !

 

On a XP Home PC that has only ever had 1 administrator a/c

....I tried making a limited account, and as soon as looging into it - there

were lots of shortcuts to programs that I don't want the limited use to play

around with e.g. AVG 8.0 ....and I was unable to delete it / them from

the limited users desktop. How do you control / add / remove program

shortcuts from the limited users desktop ?

 

Also, IE7 reported several HP faults e.g HP web-page printing errors or

something like that. I don't need to prevent the limited user from using

IE7 - however, why is installed HP software / IE plugins perhaps ?

malfunctioning in the limited user account ?

 

TIA, regards, Richard

[Guest Malke]

Re: XP User accounts

 

RJK wrote:

> What a mystery XP user accounts - credentials etc. !

>

> On a XP Home PC that has only ever had 1 administrator a/c

> ...I tried making a limited account, and as soon as looging into it -

> there were lots of shortcuts to programs that I don't want the limited use

> to play

> around with e.g. AVG 8.0 ....and I was unable to delete it / them from

> the limited users desktop. How do you control / add / remove program

> shortcuts from the limited users desktop ?

>

> Also, IE7 reported several HP faults e.g HP web-page printing errors or

> something like that. I don't need to prevent the limited user from using

> IE7 - however, why is installed HP software / IE plugins perhaps ?

> malfunctioning in the limited user account ?

 

When you create a new user account, the profile is taken from Default User

settings. Items in All Users are also applied. To manage how a new account

appears, change things in those locations. Examples are the Start Menu

listings, icons on the Desktop, and Favorites.

 

You obviously need to manage these things from an administrative account.

The Limited account doesn't have the ability to change things in All Users

and Default User which is why you can't delete the Desktop icons from that

account.

 

As for the problem with IE7 and printing, you would need to be more precise

about errors. Recently HP has added a "Smart Web Printing" application to

their machines/printer software that is not very smart. Uninstall Smart Web

Printing from Add/Remove Programs if this is applicable to you.

 

Malke

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[Guest RJK]

Re: XP User accounts

 

Many thanks,

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> RJK wrote:

>

>> What a mystery XP user accounts - credentials etc. !

>>

>> On a XP Home PC that has only ever had 1 administrator a/c

>> ...I tried making a limited account, and as soon as looging into it -

>> there were lots of shortcuts to programs that I don't want the limited

>> use

>> to play

>> around with e.g. AVG 8.0 ....and I was unable to delete it / them

>> from

>> the limited users desktop. How do you control / add / remove program

>> shortcuts from the limited users desktop ?

>>

>> Also, IE7 reported several HP faults e.g HP web-page printing errors

>> or

>> something like that. I don't need to prevent the limited user from using

>> IE7 - however, why is installed HP software / IE plugins perhaps ?

>> malfunctioning in the limited user account ?

>

> When you create a new user account, the profile is taken from Default User

> settings. Items in All Users are also applied. To manage how a new account

> appears, change things in those locations. Examples are the Start Menu

> listings, icons on the Desktop, and Favorites.

>

> You obviously need to manage these things from an administrative account.

> The Limited account doesn't have the ability to change things in All Users

> and Default User which is why you can't delete the Desktop icons from that

> account.

>

> As for the problem with IE7 and printing, you would need to be more

> precise

> about errors. Recently HP has added a "Smart Web Printing" application to

> their machines/printer software that is not very smart. Uninstall Smart

> Web

> Printing from Add/Remove Programs if this is applicable to you.

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

>