Re: Documents and Settings - Re: Users
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:23:15 -0700
SFOExPat wrote:
I am the only person that uses the computer so I want to know why,
when I go to Documents and Settings it shows:
Administrator
All Users
Dave
Default User
Local Service
Network Service
Owner
What do I need to have just one?...I mean I can be adminstrator...I
don't care...how can I merge these all into one...if that is even
possible?
Leave all those things alone! Here is a general explanation of the user
accounts you are seeing:
XP is a multi-user operating system, no matter if only one person is
using it. In all multi-user operating systems - NT, Win2k, XP, Unix,
Linux, Mac OSX - there is the one built-in account that is "god" on the
system. In Windows terminology, that is "Administrator". In the *nix
world, it is "root". This is a necessary account and is not normally
used in everyday work. You cannot delete the built-in Administrator
account nor would you ever want to.
Document and Settings - The "container" for all user settings. Each user
will have [username] Documents, Music, Videos, My Pictures.
Administrator - Built-in account - Leave alone! Do not use! Do not worry
about it!
All Users - Section where items common to all users go. In a multi-user
operating system, users have separate accounts. This is the place where
if you want to share files with all the other users on the system you
would put those files. You don't ever have to use those folders but
they need to be there. This is where programs you install that are
meant to be installed for all users put settings. All the "Shared
Documents" type of folders you see at the root of C:\ are shortcuts to
the shared folders in here. Leave them alone!
Default Users - This is the template from which new user accounts are
made. You will never put anything in any of those folders but they are
needed to create new users. In Linux we use "skel" ("skeleton" - get
it?). In Windows, the less-colorful term "Default User" is used. Leave
it alone!
[OEM] Administrator or Owner - This is the generic user created by the
OEM when installing the operating system. After all, the OEM doesn't
know who is going to buy the computer. If you aren't using this OEM
user account, you can delete it from the User Accounts applet in
Control Panel. It is not the same account as "Administrator".
You only have two "optional" user accounts on your system - the "Owner"
account (OEM generic user) and "Dave". You can delete the Owner account
from the User Accounts applet if you like, but it isn't hurting
anything by being there.
Malke
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