I think you have to actually go do something to elect to be a limited user. Even XP Pro unless you have it set up for a network your first named account has admin level priviledges. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:42 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Temp folders Hi Douglas, In all honesty, I can't remember if XP Home actually insists on an administrator account as it does with XP Professional. I may be able to confirm later this week when I set up a new system for someone. I'll try to remember to get back on this one later. George. > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas Harrison > Sent: 27 July 2004 13:27 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Temp folders > > George, > I am not sure how to answer this question. I am actually > referring to my Toshiba laptop which was set up so that I > don't have to log in, so presumably it treats it as if I had > logged in as Administrator - or is it not that simple? > > > Douglas > > On 27 Jul 2004 at 13:16, George Bell wrote: > > > Hi Douglas, > > When you are told there is nothing for removal in the temp > files, are > > you actually logged in as administrator, or just with an > account which > > has administrative rights? There is a very subtle difference as I > > have found to my own cost. > > > > George. > > > > -- > > Douglas Harrison > > > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** vacation ## d > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.719 / Virus Database: 475 - Release Date: 12/07/2004 ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq