Re: 'Desktop' message when I log on as new user

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Jonathan Finney wrote:

I just bought a new Acer laptop with Win XP Home pre-installed.

I'm used to XP Pro and noticed that there's no Administrator account
and that the ones created during set-up are 'administrator' accounts.

For security reasons, I want to create an Administrator account and
limit the user account, so I created a new user account with
administrator privileges as the first step.

When I log on as the new user I get a Notepad window open on the
desktop (called desktop.txt) with the following text:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787

(..except that it's not underlined, but I don't know how to stop
Outlook Newsreader doing this)


First of all, there *is* a built-in Administrator account. It is hidden
in Regular Mode in XP Home. To access it, start the computer in Safe
Mode. The default Administrator password is a blank.

There is no difference in creating users in XP Home. Here is information
on the error message you are getting:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=330132

It is a simple fix.

Malke
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