Re: New to XP but overall savvy to computers and windows

XP creates the Administrator account as part of setup. During the Out-of-Box experience you're prompted to create additional user accounts. By default, these are administrator level accounts. Its a good idea to create at least one other Administrator account. This allows you to system maintenance tasks and other things that limited users can't do. Save the built-in Administrator account for emergencies, such as a system that won't boot, or a profile that won't load.

By default, only folders in My Documents can be made private. In Window Explorer go to Tools, Folder Options, View and scroll down. Uncheck Use simple file sharing.

Network settings are usually machine wide, as far as I know. If you set a static IP address on any profile, it should remain that way, no matter who logs on. There are some user specific settings for networking (such as proxy server and whether or not to dial a connection), but how the IP address is obtained is a system wide setting, as far as I know.

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"Videofreak" <thisguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:93d0l1tj8tqbigmt3g886aagh18clg0s7u@xxxxxxxxxx
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> So I created a user account on XP Pro SP2. Easy enough. The only other
> account is me and of course I am the admin. XP how to text states that
> the first user account you create requires admin privileges. I'm
> assuming that's referring to me from when I was installing the OS. Or
> am I confused and it actually means the first user account outside the
> admin account also requires admin rights. I think not as that does not
> make sense.
>
>
> Anyway I created the user account. Then, in my admin account I wanted
> to make a folder with videos in it only available to my admin account
> and not accessible in the other user account. When right click the
> folder, select properties and click the sharing tab, the "Make this
> folder private" option is grayed out. So how do I privatize some
> folders? Yeah I guess I could make em "hidden" but that's not
> productive.
>
>
> Also, I have set up Xp to use a static IP in conjunction with my
> Linksys router. When I logon on to the other user account. I noticed
> that its network settings are set to obtain IP address(which is the
> normal way my ISP sets us up. I didn't have to enter any networking
> info at all and I see that surfing is no problem. Is it just borrowing
> my other logons info? or do I need to setup my networking for IP's and
> gateway as my admin account?
>
> Ideas anyone?
>
> Pete
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