Re: Windows 2000 User Settings

Thanks to both of you!

Can you comment on my strategy - that my main daily, working account cannot install
programs?

I'm very new to Windows 2000, and I want to set this laptop up for maximum stability.
How do you guys set up your Windows 2000 computers? How many, and what types, of user
profiles do you set up?

Bill.



"Stubby" wrote...
In D&S there is a hidden profile named "default". This is copied to
each new user you create. You can also put things in "All Users".
These will appear in addition to what is in each user's private Profile.
Specifically, the Desktop is one file in a profile.


John John wrote:
Copy the Administrator user profile to user Bill. Search the Windows
Help files for "User Profiles" for more information.

Tip: You must have administrative privileges to copy profiles. You
cannot copy or delete a user profile that belongs to the currently
logged on user or any user whose profile is in use. Create a second
Administrator account then when logged on to the second Administrator
copy the profile from the other Administrator account to Bill's account.

John

Bill wrote:
95% finished setting up my new Windows 2000 computer, all from the
Administrator
account. For safety's sake, I want my main daily work user account to
not be able to
install programs, so I created user "Bill"

Of course, when I log into that "Bill" account, it doesn't have the
desktop, startup
programs, etc. of the Administrator account.

How can I set up a Windows 2000 user account that has the same startup
and desktop
settings as my Administrator account?

Thanks!





.

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