"Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> xp-pro wrote:
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>> Windows xp SP-3
>>>> Dell Inspron B130
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>>>> I just noticed this behavior - whenever I log off as owner and on as
>>>> guest account, my owner desktop gets rearranged when I log back on.
>>>> Real PITA! Why is this happening now? How can I stop it? Thanks
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>>> AFAIR, it is a property of the Guests profile that settings and
>>> documents are not saved. You should use a proper account.
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>> Maybe I wasn't clear in the desciption. It is the OWNER account that
>> is losing the desktop arrangement, whenever a guest logs on.
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>> Owner logs on... then logs off, Guest logs on then off, Owner logs on
>> again to find the desktop is no longer organized as it was.
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> This PITA was happening continually on my systems that are only accessed
> by myself. In my case it had nothing to do with Guest accounts. I fixed it
> some time ago with a third party app. Save and restore desktop icons.
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> http://www.softplatz.com/software/sa...icon-position/
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An excelent tool, but be advised: that you sometimes have to restore the
icon layout more than once before they obligingly pop back to their original
locations.
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