Help with Administrator

[Sarge]

Hi I have three questions,my friend just got a new dell with xp on it and he
owns a auto repair shop can I set up two identities one with him as the
administrator and call the other one the shop, he only wants one program to
run under the shop one and nothing else.
2- when he starts his Mitchell repair program it calls for a disk and when
he playing under the sofa the disk in a box comes up in the upper right side
for autoplay how do I stop that from opening everytime he dose that
3- how do i stop a computer from starting in safe mode

 

[David B.]

I can't even begin to make sense out of this.

"it calls for a disk and when he playing under the sofa the disk in a box
comes up"

 

[DL]

Identities are what Outlook Express uses, Win has Users
Bad move to use the default Administrator account as a general user account

3) Starts in safe mode
Either you did some fiddling, and have thus buggered the PC, or if this
occured from the moment you first started the PC then it has a fault, call
Dell

 

[Sarge]

Identities are what Outlook Express uses, Win has Users
Bad move to use the default Administrator account as a general user
account

3) Starts in safe mode
Either you did some fiddling, and have thus buggered the PC, or if this
occured from the moment you first started the PC then it has a fault, call
Dell



then shop owner is the administrator, can I set up a new user just so they
can use one program and nothing else.

the other problem was on a different computer when you start the computer it
has xp on it when it loads if goes to the bios set up utility, how do I stop
that

 

[Patrick Keenan]

the other problem was on a different computer when you start the computer
it has xp on it when it loads if goes to the bios set up utility, how do I
stop that

If it's going to the BIOS, that's often a result of a dead CMOS battery.
That battery powers a memory chip that keeps system hardware settings; if it
fails, the system has to check everything again every time.

Power off, open the case, look for the battery, which looks like a nickel.
It will have a number on it, such as CR2032. Write down the number and go
get another one; electronics and camera shops (and may drugstores) carry
them for a few dollars. Put the new battery in, close the case, restart;
the first boot you'll have to go through Setup again, but that should be it
for a few years.

HTH
-pk

 

[Sarge]

If it's going to the BIOS, that's often a result of a dead CMOS battery.
That battery powers a memory chip that keeps system hardware settings; if
it fails, the system has to check everything again every time.

Power off, open the case, look for the battery, which looks like a nickel.
It will have a number on it, such as CR2032. Write down the number and
go get another one; electronics and camera shops (and may drugstores)
carry them for a few dollars. Put the new battery in, close the case,
restart; the first boot you'll have to go through Setup again, but that
should be it for a few years.

HTH
-pk
i'll try changing the battery i have another computer i can take it out of

 

[Patrick Keenan]

That will only work if the batteries match. A new one is under $5, and
should last for years.

 

[Sarge]

That will only work if the batteries match. A new one is under $5, and
should last for years.
Thanks that work, thats one problem fix one more to go