Dear Dinosaur, I too, am finding the new world order a bit strange at times. In the Government workplaces, My Documents is frowned upon. This is because it is on the C drive and therefore - not backed up, - if the PC crashes all is lost. - it is not considered secure. Users there must store their documents in the network on either a personal drive or in the shared drive for their project or team. Do your baby dinos realise that they can make (or create if they are gods) lots of sub-folders under My Documents, so that they have more than just My Music and My Pictures. Bob Trusslersaur 2008/9/22 Christine Kent <christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Guys > > Another seemingly odd question relating to the new world order of Microsoft > as it relates to base entry level computer users and how they work with > files. > > This time, file structure. > > As old timers, we create our own files structures under c:\ - or at least I > do. > As corporate workers, we create files structures according to some > corporate specification on some network drive or other, or in some DMS. > > But for the computer sub-literate, the Windows XP world of folders starts > with Documents and Settings, My Documents, and the Vista world of folders > starts with Users, Documents etc. They happily access these from the Start > Menu, ever using a window called Windows Explorer. > > The real world – that is, users of home computers and people training in or > being trained by our low level education system – only understand/s My > Documents or Users. They have no idea they can pick a location on C:\ > drive, or that these mythical User or Documents structures are actually on > C:\ drive somewhere. They feel clever if they learn to put a folder under > My Documents. > > My overlapping questions. > > Are techos in corporate starting to use the Microsoft system to define user > profiles? > Is the world generally adapting to the Microsoft virtual view of their > virtual universe? > Are you using Documents on your home computer? > Are your kids using Documents on their home or school computers? > Up until now I have always taught people to use C:\ drive. Am I being a > dinosaur? > > Christine > -- Bob Trussler Phone 0418 661 462