Re: Different startups for 2 local users.

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Hardware profiles overview
A hardware profile is a set of instructions that tells Windows which devices
to start when you start your computer or which settings to use for each
device. When you first install Windows, a hardware profile called Profile 1
(for laptops, the profiles are Docked Profile or Undocked Profile) is
created. By default, every device that is installed on your computer at the
time you install Windows is enabled in the Profile 1 hardware profile.

Hardware profiles are especially useful if you have a portable computer.
Most portable computers are used in a variety of locations, and hardware
profiles will let you change which devices your computer uses when you move
it from location to location. For example, you may have one profile named
Docking Station Configuration for using your portable computer at a docking
station with hardware components such as a CD-ROM drive and a network
adapter. And you may have a second profile named Undocked Configuration for
using your portable computer in a hotel or on an airplane, when you are not
using a network adapter or a CD-ROM but you are using a modem and a portable
printer.

If there is more than one hardware profile on your computer, you can
designate a default profile that will be used every time you start your
computer. You can also have Windows ask you which profile to use every time
you start your computer. Once you create a hardware profile, you can use
Device Manager to disable and enable devices that are in the profile. When
you disable a device in a hardware profile, the device drivers for the
device are not loaded when you start your computer.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:E6DAD02D-6FD0-44B5-8A4E-A519B33E9645@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Santiago C <SantiagoC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I have a notebook that sometimes is connected to the Internet or customer
networks and other times I need to work as soon as possible on developing
issues without having all the thins we need when connected to the
Internet, particularly, anti-virus, anti-spyware, active software
firewalls and common Windows services related to work on a workstation.

I want to create 2 users, one for each situation, but being able to
disable on one of them all the things that I've mentioned above.

How can I do it? Must I buy a commercial product to do it? Which?

Thanks in Advance.

.

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