Re: Using XP Home and loading programs

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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:00:08 -0800, Jeff Barnett wrote:

I've just ordered a little computer (an Asus EEE Box EBXB202-X0081 Intel
Atom N270 (1.60GHz) 1GB DDR2 160GB Intel GMA 950 preloaded with Windows
XP Home). I know my way, fairly well, around XP Pro but have never used
XP Home so I have a few questions:

I presume it will be a one-user machine. Will that user have
administrative privileges, i.e., can that user load new programs?

How do I get in administrative mode if not? I recall that you must
reboot and do something or other. What is that "something or other"?

I've packed all of by XP books so I don't have easy access to the above
information.

Thanks in advance for any information or pointers that you can give me.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/usingwindowsxp.mspx
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