Multiple Users on Same Desktop

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From: HD (hdmaddocks_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 12:51:54 -0700

I have Windows XP Professional setup with multiple users
(me, my wife and daughter). The only problem is that I
want us all to use the same basic desktop. When I
install software, it is sometimes not available to the
other users.

Similarly, we all now have our own "Documents folder" and
this creates problems when I am looking for a file that
may have been created when my wife or daughter was logged
on.

Other software often updates multiple times as apparently
my virus definition files and even Windows updates do not
get shared across the users.

Also, programs such as Outlook keep different information
depending on who is logged on. When I add things to my
calendar or names to my address book, they are not
accessible in Outlook to my wife unless she logs in as me.

What I would like to do is set up XP to handle multiple
users but keep most of the information common so that we
are sharing the same programs. Obviously I would prefer
to keep internet Favorites and such separate, but at this
point, I am willing to sacrifice that for the convenience
of sharing the other information.

Thanks in advance.

HD

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