RE: Having problems adjusting to XP

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I'll suggest an answer to
"Question 1: How can I learn about Network Places, and possibly get rid of
them?". Go to "Start/Help ad Support" and type "Network Places" in the
"Search" box. I believe that you'll find the answers to most of your other
questions there too.

Milt

"P D Sterling" wrote:

Giving you a brief bit of background, I have worked with computers and data
processing since Mc Bee Keysort, if any of you know what that is.

Starting, I think, with Windows 98, we started having Desktop, which I
gather is a kind of über root directory. OK, now I am XP, and with my
directories collapsed as much as they can, I have

My Computer - which I understand
My Documents - which I understand, but disagree with
My Network Places - which I don't understand (see below*)
Recycle - which I understand but don't use

*Let me be perfectly clear: I am one little computer, lost in the cosmos,
with only one operator. I am the administrator, I am all users, I am the
default user. I am not connected to a network, except being connected to my
ISP, if that counts. There is no wi-fi, high-five, or any other
state-of-the-art enhancements.

I am very jealous of the amount of disk space given over to keeping things
which I do not need, and keep an incredibly small amount of data on the C:\
drive, and I like simplicity. As an example, I have one icon on my desktop.

Question 1: How can I learn about Network Places, and possibly get rid of
them?
**********
My Computer contains My Documents and *MyName*Documents.

Question 2: Why?
***************
In My Computer, C:\ contains
1)Administrator 1,
2) Administrator 2,
3) Administrator 3,
4) All Users,
5) Default User,
6) *MyName*

All of these folders contain
1) Application Data
2) Cookies
3) Local Settings
4) Templates

Question 3: Why?
**************************
According to my calculations, there are five instances of My Documents of
one flavor or another. If I am keeping five copies of a document, I want to
stop.

I know this is a very long message, but this is a very complicated
situation, and one which aggravates me. Any advice would be gratefully
appreciated.
--
Regards,

P D Sterling
www.pdsterling.com
214/520-6655 voice
214/550-2618 FAX



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