Re: Different startups for 2 local users.
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:25:35 -0700
I do not know how that can be done.
Services, for example, are in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
and that applies machine wide, no matter who logs on.
User settings are in HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Some things you can easily change by moving startup shortcuts or startup
registry references, but some software may have to be uninstalled and then
reinstalled.
If you mean startup apps, then you could just create another user account.
But, if the AV stuff, for example, was installed for All Users instead of
for a particular user, the AV stuff is going to startup no matter who logs
on.
Anything in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is machine wide. It does not matter who logs
on.
Anything in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
or
%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
will start regardless of who is logged on.
Anything in HKEY_CURRENT_USER relates to the current user that is logged on.
Items in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
or
%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
start only when YourNameHere logs on.
Some items start before any user logs on.
See this for some examples...
Installing and running software in Windows XP
http://www.rickrogers.org/xpsware.htm
[[This page is an attempt to explain how software should be installed and
used in a Windows XP system.
Subjects include:
1. Installing software for everybody
2. Running software in limited user accounts
3. Restricting access to some programs
4. FAQ's and issues ]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:DAB14840-84B8-4B85-A737-C3B61870207A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Santiago C <SantiagoC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Thanks for your response, Wesley.
I need something like that but applied for Software. Either alone or
connected to the Internet or local area network, I have the same hardware,
what I need is to define which services or startup applications I want to
be started when I login to my notebook with one user or the other.
Imagine eg services associated with anti-virus - if I'm working "alone"
as User A, I want to disable them, but if I am User B, I want them to be
running.
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
Type: Hardware Profile in the Search box in Help and Support.
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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