Personal settings

[RJ]

My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but
nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different
backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What
is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office
2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email
accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists,
calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Your question appears to be related to Outlook. I recommend
you repost in an Outlook newsgroup - this is where you will find
most of the Outlook experts.

 

[RJ]

Well, yes and no, and I have posted the specifics about Outlook to those
groups. Some of the issues are specific to Outlook, but why can we not have
separate desktops? There has to be more to having separate accts than just
having different backgrounds. I guess my question is more general to how to
make effective use of personal accts so they actually behave "personally"

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Under WinXP, each user gets his/her own desktop, desktop background,
keyboard repetition rate etc. etc. These settings are defined in various
files
and folders under "c:\documents and settings\xxx" where xxx is usually
the user's logon name.

Shortcuts that are placed into "c:\documents and settings\all users" are
visible to each and every user.

Respondents in the Outlook group will probably tell you that each user
has his own Outlook data store by default, unless the default is modified
to a common and shared data store.

 

[Andrew Bailey]

Hi,

Right click the START button and click OPEN, this is YOUR personal start
menu. Right click the START button and click OPEN ALL USERS, this is the
SHARED start menu.

MOVE any icons from the SHARED to YOUR folder that only you wish to have
access to. Log off and let the other user log on and repeat the same
procedure.

Hope this helps

Andy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

The icons depend on which folder they are located in. Those common to all
accounts are under:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop

Those that belong to only one account are found in the users' desktop
folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Desktop

As to Outlook, each user should have their own .pst file nested within their
user folder, the functions shouldn't be shared unless explicitly made so,
but an Office group would be the best place to seek answers to those
questions.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Stephen Larivee]

What is your operating system? You say Office 2000. Do you mean Windows
2000??

 

[RJ]

No, XP. I should have said Outlook 2000 (from Office XP Pro). Sorry for
the mistype.

 

[Stephen Larivee]

If you have Outlook from Office XP, wouldn't it be Office 2002?