Guest xp-pro Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Windows xp SP-3 Dell Inspron B130 I just noticed this behavior - whenever I log off as owner and on as guest account, my owner desktop gets rearranged when I log back on. Real PITA! Why is this happening now? How can I stop it? Thanks
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: desktop rearranged everytime guest logs on "xp-pro" <xp-pro@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:%23QRsbkMKJHA.5232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Windows xp SP-3 > Dell Inspron B130 > > I just noticed this behavior - whenever I log off as owner and on as guest > account, my owner desktop gets rearranged when I log back on. Real PITA! > Why is this happening now? How can I stop it? Thanks AFAIR, it is a property of the Guests profile that settings and documents are not saved. You should use a proper account.
Guest xp-pro Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: desktop rearranged everytime guest logs on "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:uW6KbsMKJHA.3644@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "xp-pro" <xp-pro@nowhere.net> wrote in message > news:%23QRsbkMKJHA.5232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Windows xp SP-3 >> Dell Inspron B130 >> >> I just noticed this behavior - whenever I log off as owner and on as >> guest account, my owner desktop gets rearranged when I log back on. Real >> PITA! Why is this happening now? How can I stop it? Thanks > > AFAIR, it is a property of the Guests profile that settings and documents > are not saved. You should use a proper account. Maybe I wasn't clear in the desciption. It is the OWNER account that is losing the desktop arrangement, whenever a guest logs on. Owner logs on... then logs off, Guest logs on then off, Owner logs on again to find the desktop is no longer organized as it was.
Guest Jake Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: desktop rearranged everytime guest logs on xp-pro wrote: > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message > news:uW6KbsMKJHA.3644@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> >> "xp-pro" <xp-pro@nowhere.net> wrote in message >> news:%23QRsbkMKJHA.5232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Windows xp SP-3 >>> Dell Inspron B130 >>> >>> I just noticed this behavior - whenever I log off as owner and on as >>> guest account, my owner desktop gets rearranged when I log back on. >>> Real PITA! Why is this happening now? How can I stop it? Thanks >> >> AFAIR, it is a property of the Guests profile that settings and >> documents are not saved. You should use a proper account. > > Maybe I wasn't clear in the desciption. It is the OWNER account that > is losing the desktop arrangement, whenever a guest logs on. > > Owner logs on... then logs off, Guest logs on then off, Owner logs on > again to find the desktop is no longer organized as it was. This PITA was happening continually on my systems that are only accessed by myself. In my case it had nothing to do with Guest accounts. I fixed it some time ago with a third party app. Save and restore desktop icons. http://www.softplatz.com/software/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-position/
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Re: desktop rearranged everytime guest logs on "Jake" <Jake@Jake.not> wrote in message news:OkeA4mQKJHA.4940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > xp-pro wrote: >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message >> news:uW6KbsMKJHA.3644@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> >>> "xp-pro" <xp-pro@nowhere.net> wrote in message >>> news:%23QRsbkMKJHA.5232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> Windows xp SP-3 >>>> Dell Inspron B130 >>>> >>>> I just noticed this behavior - whenever I log off as owner and on as >>>> guest account, my owner desktop gets rearranged when I log back on. >>>> Real PITA! Why is this happening now? How can I stop it? Thanks >>> >>> AFAIR, it is a property of the Guests profile that settings and >>> documents are not saved. You should use a proper account. >> >> Maybe I wasn't clear in the desciption. It is the OWNER account that >> is losing the desktop arrangement, whenever a guest logs on. >> >> Owner logs on... then logs off, Guest logs on then off, Owner logs on >> again to find the desktop is no longer organized as it was. > > This PITA was happening continually on my systems that are only accessed > by myself. In my case it had nothing to do with Guest accounts. I fixed it > some time ago with a third party app. Save and restore desktop icons. > > http://www.softplatz.com/software/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-position/ > An excelent tool, but be advised: that you sometimes have to restore the icon layout more than once before they obligingly pop back to their original locations.
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