| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 09:24 AM |
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i am not sure if this is possible or maybe this may sound silly but as we almost all have windows and user account. Lets say i gererally have 15 programs that start up with windows. Is there a way i could create a different user account that will start only the programs i need ? so that if i need to access other programs i will switch users...
is this possible ?
thank you
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 11:03 AM |
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You can create user accounts via the control panel. You may then add or remove programmes from the start-up folder. When Windows gets to the welcome screen, you will be able to select which user account you want to use.
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| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 11:18 AM |
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i am sorry i did not well get that. i create 2 account from control panel...rite ? lets say account A has just 3 programs and account B has 12 programs. so i 1st create account A....then i create a new account B and then what do i do...thank you
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 11:23 AM |
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Which version of Windows are you using?
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| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 11:25 AM |
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WINDOWS XP HOME
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 11:45 AM |
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OK. Click Start, and then go to the Control Panel. Select "User Accounts", and in the Task menu select "Create a New Account". Give the account a name and click next. You then have the choice of account type. An administrator has full control of the machine, and a limited user cannot make crucial amendments to the machine. Assuming that you are already the administrator of your machine? There is no particular reason to create other administrator accounts (As you can change the settings of any account using yours). Once your accounts are created you can choose what programs start with each user. Go to "My Computer" select your C Drive, Select Documents and Settings Folder. Select the folder of the user account you want to amend, and go to the start up folder. There you are able to choose the programs you want. Once this is done, you will be able to select which account you want to use at the windows start-up screen. You can also switch accounts by clicking start, and selecting the Log Off option. You can then log any other account on.
Hope this helps?
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| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 11:57 AM |
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thnak you much for the detailed explaination...will try that...you might have to rescue me ...just in case...cheers
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 12:02 PM |
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No problem. Come back if you get stuck.
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| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 12:07 PM |
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just had a quick look..like you said.in the docs and setting/select the user and goto startup...but there, there are only shortcuts to just a couple of programs...how about the full programs will they still load in both users ?
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 12:23 PM |
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Yes. The shortcuts are to which programs load at start-up for each account. Just add and remove programs as you want.
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| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 01:00 PM |
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just read your messdade,,,,,i madeb 2 know how can i add orograms o the new ys$r administrstor,,,,htrn u$get i add hoe hoe to dd add progrsm to this user ?
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| Chrissyan |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 03:27 PM |
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In English?
Women who want to be equal to men lack ambition
| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 07:09 PM |
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yes in elglish
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| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 07:14 PM |
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sorry about the mess up here & spellings......hehe.... i had my baby in my hand while typing...
Edited by alykhalil on 12/06/2005 19:16 (server time).
| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 07:26 PM |
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hello mate...i hav creadetd 2 administrator accounts on a freshly installed windows XP home system. So the system is pretty fast now. Now the system/laptop is now with just 2 admin accounts with no 3rd part programs.
Shall i start installing programs into the account i was less faster with lesser progs.
thank you
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 08:43 PM |
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Programs should be installed as you normally would. If you add a shortcut to the start up folder. Then a program will start with the account you add it to.
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| alykhalil |
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| Sun Jun 12 2005 08:54 PM |
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pretty much clear mate. does this mean that i will have to install all the programs twice, 1 will add shortcuts and the other user accout will have no shortcuts...true...
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Mon Jun 13 2005 08:42 AM |
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No. Once the program is installed on your machine, you can just add a shortcut to the start-up folder for the account you want that program to start up with.
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| alykhalil |
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| Mon Jun 13 2005 08:44 AM |
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i think i have given up. Moreover i feel that what i expected of "creating different user accounts " is not what it actually does. I wiped clean my laptop. Once all clear, i created 2 administrator account. A & B. In account A i installed about 15 programs. Didnt check on the B account yet. Once finished installing progs in account A i checked the shart menu (in docs & setting of that A account) but just found 3 shortcuts of all the 15 programs i installed. So where are all the others gone ?
Then checked user account B, just the same, just those 3 shortcuts are there where as i had installed 15 progs. In account B i deleted/uninstalled some programs which i did not want in user account B, but they got deleted in user account A as well. I just dont know what i am doing ? Lets say i have 15 progs that start when windows start, dont all 15 should shos in the start menu in docs and setting in the user account ?
moreover, besides user account A & B, i also have an account called "All users"...
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| alykhalil |
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| Mon Jun 13 2005 08:49 AM |
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true...but most of programs (like avast antivirus, spaywareblaster,zonealarm etc.) are not even there in the starup folder but they start with windows....i basically am trying to stop them from starting you see...thank you
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| nickflynn22 |
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| Tue Jun 14 2005 06:04 PM |
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If all you are trying to do is stop certain programs from starting at windows start-up Click Start, then click run, and type "msconfig" (Without the quotation marks). Now click on the Start-up tab, and uncheck the boxes of the programs you don't want to start. Obviously, it is not recommended to uncheck your anti-virus program or your firewall.
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| alykhalil |
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| Tue Jun 14 2005 06:10 PM |
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i get that. That would be much better. But lets say if i do this msconfig thingy, will it allow me to do 2 separate setting (in msconfig) in each user account....if yes, then bingo, thats what i surely was looking for..." different programs starting in different user account" & another thing...sure i will leave the antivirus and spywares etc, but after uncheking what i do not want will i be able to check them again. cheers mate
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| putasolutions |
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| Tue Jun 14 2005 06:21 PM |
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No most of the items in msconfig startup are in Local Machine
You would have to go into regedit and remove the programs from the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run to remove programs from a particular users account, and you would have to be signed on to that users account, to be able to see their particular "run" programs
If you install a program in an administrors account, you are sometimes asked whether you would like to install to all accounts. If you don't get asked this, the program will install to all accounts as it will be putting entries into HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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| alykhalil |
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| Tue Jun 14 2005 06:37 PM |
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thats right. some programs do ask if its for single user or something like that. cool. i will 1st sign into any account, then goto regedit and do that HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run .....
this is just unbelievable...i just had a look in the above run folder, just the same programs are there...just 4 of them. i have eby toolbar, spyware guard, and other programs that start but they are just not there....
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| putasolutions |
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| Tue Jun 14 2005 07:07 PM |
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in that case they will be in HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run which means if you remove it from there, you remove it from all users
You might want to cut and paste the entry from HKLM to a newly created entry in HKCU, if there is a particular entry that you don't want started on all uisers but in a particular user. Not recommended unless you know what you are doing in the registry
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| alykhalil |
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| Tue Jun 14 2005 07:15 PM |
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i think thats too much for me...i wouldnt know what i am doing. wish there was some a lil easier way.
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