Re: XP new user - can you help me?

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:38:20 -0700

Nana wrote:
> Good afternoon all!
>
> I have a new pc with XP and my good old one was Win ME. There's some
> questions I'd like to ask:
> 1) Is it ok to accept all the changings showed in TuneUp Utilities (registry
> errors and 1-click maintenance)? There's a lot of them.

        What is "TuneUp Utilities," and what *specific* changes are being
recommended? It's impossible to answer your question without specific
details. However, if this "TuneUp Utilities" was not provided by your
computer's manufacturer, I'd be inclined to be very, very conservative
about applying any of the recommendations, just as a matter of simple
common sense.

> 2) When in IE The graphics images often are blurred and when I want to save
> a background, this option is greyed out.

        Are you using some sort of download "accelerator" or an allegedly
high-speed dial-up connection, such as NetZero High-Speed, that does
nothing more than deliberately degrade the quality of graphics files to
reduce their file size to provide the illusion of greater overall
Internet speeds?

> 3) It seems to have many duplicate folders, I mean My documents are all over
> the place. In users account I have just one and it's me as administrator,
> but under Documents and settings, there's administrator account, all users
> and mine.

        WinXP is a multi-user OS, and there'll be no getting away from multiple
user accounts, each with its own set of folders. This is as it should be.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

> I set Tweak UI to show administrator account at start
> up and still couldn't install it because I didn't have a password.

        If you haven't set the password, than it is blank.

>I don't
> need one, it's a family pc and I didn't like passwords anyway.

        Actually, that's all the more reason to use different user accounts,
with different levels of permissions, and passwords. Or do you plan to
always be looking over the shoulders of your children while they're
using the computer and browsing the Internet?

> 4) I'm still in dial-up connection, maybe next week my broadband will be on.
> The windows update is stucked in 56% for over a week. I think it'
> downloading sp2, but I'm not sure.

        How can you not be sure? Do you normally accept anything that wants to
download without first making sure that it's something you want or need?
  That's a very dangerous practice. If you don't know what is being
downloaded, disconnect the computer from the Internet until you've got
all of the normal security precautions in place. 

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