-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Profiles in XP
- From: "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:55:36 +1300
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
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