Dang it I hadn't run PC Pitstop in a long time. I just run it and it told me to buy a new computer. This one is only about 4 years old, I built it myself, Should I take there word for it or keep using this putter? All I do is read email and make WebPages. Sincerely Yours. Hank --------My Home-------- http://members.fortunecity.com/hdka --------Songs-------- http://home.earthlink.net/~hdka/indexf.html --------Chemtrails-------- http://members.fortunecity.com/hdka/mct.html --------Lonely Hank-------- http://hank77.camarades.com ----- Original Message ----- From: DH (Rick) Holmes To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 9:55 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Profiles in XP Cajun, there's one helluva lot of XP info at this URL. Worth your looking at I imagine. I have just had it sent to me by a friend. Rick H http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/howto/winxphow.asp Cajun wrote: >I'm not running XP, nor do I have any profiles set up, but I'm trying to understand about profiles in XP for the benefit of someone else. I have no experience with profiles at all. >Exactly what information/programs are the same in each profile (antivirus? firewall?, Internet connection? Pop-Up Stopper, etc.), and what information is exclusive to each profile? If one profile uses Internet Explorer as its browser, do all the profiles have Internet Explorer? If so, do all the profiles see the History and added Favorites of the other profiles? Do they all see the email that came in when another profile opened the mail program? If one profile rearranges the Start Menu, does it appear in all profiles? > >If one profile downloads music, are the music files in all the profiles? If one profile visits a naughty website, or starts receiving naughty pop-ups as a result of any web site that they've visited, do all the other profiles start getting naughty pop-ups? > >I have a friend with XP who is experiencing some pop-ups in other profiles, including two that are rarely ever logged on to, but these pop-ups are not appearing in her profile. I installed Pop-Up Stopper in her profile. Does it show up in all the profiles? > >My thoughts are that each profile can have their own personal settings (background, screen saver, etc.), but all files on the computer are available to all profiles, and that the browser and email program are shared by all profiles. > >Thanks! : ) > >dj >To unsub or change your email settings: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > >For more info: >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.567 / Virus Database: 358 - Release Date: 1/24/04 To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk