atw: Re: File paths
- From: "Christine Kent" <christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:15:00 +1000
Ah, Kathy
This is exactly what I wanted to hear. You are using network drives at
work, but have adapted to My Documents at home.
For teaching level 1 and 2 TAFE courses, even up to level 3, there is a fair
chance the students are not working. My logic is to teach them to use their
home computer well enough to survive as users, and let the employers worry
about teaching them about networks. It seems teaching Mu Documents/Users is
the way to do this now.
Windows Vista has more base folders than Windows XP. I notice that quite a
few files are ending up mirrored there no matter what I think I am doing,
and programs are saving miscellaneous files to User/AppData. This has all
forced me to address the issue.
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Bowman
Sent: Monday, 22 September 2008 4:36 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: File paths
I must have been dreaming I was at home...
I use My Documents on my home PC, but at work I always use folders on a
network drive, because they are backed up and secure.
Kath
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Trussler
Sent: Monday, 22 September 2008 2:49 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: File paths
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
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Bob Trussler
Phone 0418 661 462
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