Re: Having problems adjusting to XP

Mike - many thanx for posting, and I have read you pretty carefully.
Regarding question 1) I have already removed the desk top icon as
unnecessary. Will the system die if I remove the folder from the computer?

2) I pulled up and book marked the documentation about user accounts, which
was voluminous, and I will have to read it closer when I am not so tired.
However, I remind you that I am 1 unitary user, and while a little schizo,
do not have three administrative personalities, as well as all users,
current users, default users, and lastly ME. It would appeal to my sense of
order to cut the number of users down.

3) Why do I need shortcuts to things? I know where they are; they come up
automatically when I open Excel or Word, which I have customized.

I appreciate that there are many repetitive, newbie questions on these
boards, but I find that having read this closely for nearly a month, many of
them are ignorant questions, and ignorance can be fixed. Only stupidity is
forever. Many thanks for being a resource to those more novice than you, but
please remember you were a novice once, too, and unlike me, you have had
training. Everything I learned was done by the Mobil Method: figure it out
yourself.
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Regards,

P D Sterling
www.pdsterling.com
214/520-6655 voice
214/550-2618 FAX
"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mikehalll@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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PD

Desktop is not the root of all.. it just appears at the top of the list
for simplicity..

#1.. Network places exists because you have a NIC (Network Interface Card,
maybe integrated) in your system.. Tweakui for XP allows you to remove the
icon from your desktop..

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

#2.. For info on user accounts and what the different ones do, see here..

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/usercpl_overview.mspx

#3.. No, you are not keeping five copies of anything.. there is one
physical storage area, the others just being links..

None of the above take up any appreciable space other than the ONE
location where documents are stored, and that depends upon your own
personal productivity..

Messing with XP's system files is one of the best ways to bring the OS to
it's knees.. use applications, but do not go into the system unless you
have a problem which compromises your system.. as things stand, the only
problem is in your head..

These newsgroups are full of people who just don't know when to stop..
much of what is asked in these groups is USER ERROR.. oh, I know some will
jump on me for that, but when I visit users who have problems, in over 50%
of them, I can give a detailed road map of what they did to terminate
normal operation.. then they start to listen to me and quit trying to
defend what they originally said that they didn't do anyway..


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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"P D Sterling" <pdsterling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
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Regards,

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





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