an Outlook question

[One day]

hi,

i have just finished setting up a ladys computer, it has xp pro on it, but wasnt on the net;; plus
the usual assist in setting up AV etc.

some thing came up today that i never thought about before, and even tho' i used my 'general'
knowledge of the computer, i havent found an 'easy' solution to a problem, so here's the problem.

computer is used by mother and son,. son is 12, and at an age where he should'nt have the name of
his mother attached to each email. for instance, the mail account is set up with the mothers name,
lets say, 'phillis', and hence, any mail the 12yr old sends to his friends, will have 'from:-
phillis' etc.

i set up another account via 'tools>accounts>mail>add etc, and put 'his' name where it asks for name
of sender to be seen by receiver,,,(you know what i mean); but after doing it, i couldnt find an
easy way for him to switch to his account so he could send/receive and have a little privacy.
only thing i could think of was this____-------
any time he wants to check his mail, he would have to go to 'tools>accounts>' etc and switch to
second account, then just wait and see if any mail has come in.

i am not sure what is the best way to do this sort of thing as i have personally never had this
problem,, my computers mine and thats that..!! (ha ha)

would appreciate advice.

 

[VanguardLH]

hi,

i have just finished setting up a ladys computer, it has xp pro on
it, but wasnt on the net;; plus the usual assist in setting up AV
etc.

some thing came up today that i never thought about before, and even
tho' i used my 'general' knowledge of the computer, i havent found an
'easy' solution to a problem, so here's the problem.

computer is used by mother and son,. son is 12, and at an age where
he should'nt have the name of his mother attached to each email.
for instance, the mail account is set up with the mothers name, lets
say, 'phillis', and hence, any mail the 12yr old sends to his
friends, will have 'from:- phillis' etc.

i set up another account via 'tools>accounts>mail>add etc, and put
'his' name where it asks for name of sender to be seen by
receiver,,,(you know what i mean); but after doing it, i couldnt
find an easy way for him to switch to his account so he could
send/receive and have a little privacy. only thing i could think of
was this____------- any time he wants to check his mail, he would
have to go to 'tools>accounts>' etc and switch to second account,
then just wait and see if any mail has come in.

i am not sure what is the best way to do this sort of thing as i have
personally never had this problem,, my computers mine and thats
that..!! (ha ha)

would appreciate advice.

Why are you having the mom and kid share the same Windows account? Why
aren't you creating a new (and limited) Windows account for the kid?

 

[Twayne]

hi,

i have just finished setting up a ladys computer, it has xp pro on
it, but wasnt on the net;; plus the usual assist in setting up AV etc.

some thing came up today that i never thought about before, and even
tho' i used my 'general' knowledge of the computer, i havent found an
'easy' solution to a problem, so here's the problem.

computer is used by mother and son,. son is 12, and at an age where
he should'nt have the name of his mother attached to each email.
for instance, the mail account is set up with the mothers name, lets
say, 'phillis', and hence, any mail the 12yr old sends to his
friends, will have 'from:- phillis' etc.

i set up another account via 'tools>accounts>mail>add etc, and put
'his' name where it asks for name of sender to be seen by
receiver,,,(you know what i mean); but after doing it, i couldnt
find an easy way for him to switch to his account so he could
send/receive and have a little privacy.
only thing i could think of was this____-------
any time he wants to check his mail, he would have to go to
'tools>accounts>' etc and switch to second account, then just wait
and see if any mail has come in.

i am not sure what is the best way to do this sort of thing as i have
personally never had this problem,, my computers mine and thats
that..!! (ha ha)

would appreciate advice.

As long as you have two mail identities set up, one for him and one for
her, just use File; Switch Identity to go from one to the other.
It's just above the Identity button, wherey ou can set up new
identities, modify them, etc..

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[VanguardLH]

As long as you have two mail identities set up, one for him and one for
her, just use File; Switch Identity to go from one to the other.
It's just above the Identity button, wherey ou can set up new
identities, modify them, etc..

Well, if the OP is compelled to using Identities (rather than use
Windows accounts for privacy and security between user data) then a
password can be placed on the Identity. Mom could have a password on
her identity and leave the kid's unprotected (if she feels a need to
monitor his e-mails). However, passwords on Identities is very weak
protection and Googling on it will have the kid putzing around inside
his Mom's identity in short time.

Since Mom is relying on the OP to be her computer guru, he should really
flex his expertise by giving Mom an admin-level account and the kid a
limited account. On second thought, he probably should create a
alternate admin account (in case Administrator gets corrupted and to
leave it alone except in emergencies) and give both Mom and the kid a
limited account. If Mom needs to install software, have her log under
the alternate admin account.