Profiles

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

A have a couple of general questions about profiles in XP.

First, Can you log on as either "All Users" or "Default User" if not, then
why?

Second, what are is the differencce between All Users and Default User

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:09:08 -0700, "JCurran1"
<JCurran1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>A have a couple of general questions about profiles in XP.
>
>First, Can you log on as either "All Users" or "Default User"

No.

> if not, then why?

They aren't users.

>Second, what are is the differencce between All Users and Default User

All Users is the profile shared by all users. Right click Start, and
pick either "open all users" or "open" and compare what programs are
in your profile and what is being shared. Something in your Startup
folder will open for you only, while something in the All Users
Startup folder will open for all users who log on.

Default User is a template that will be used to create a particular
user's profile.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:09:08 -0700 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, JCurran1 favored us with...
> A have a couple of general questions about profiles in XP.
>
> First, Can you log on as either "All Users" or "Default User" if not, then
> why?
>
> Second, what are is the differencce between All Users and Default User

Default User is the profile that's assigned when a new user is
created. Certain settings under Default User (like NumLock) also
apply when no user is logged in.

All Users applies to, well, all users. The settings (such as Start
menu) merge with those in effect for the particular user who is
active at the moment.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the
variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of
evolution is simply ignorant -- inexcusably ignorant, in a world
where three out of four people have learned to read and write."
--Daniel Dennett, /Darwin's Dangerous Idea/ (1995), page 46