Multiple users

[RJ]

My wife and I share one computer and would like to each have their own
contact list, calendar, mail. We are running XP Pro and Office 2000. Is it
possible to have two separate profiles? When I create a new profile, I
cannot assign it to her document settings...all I'm able to do, is create
the new personal folder, but how can I populate it with a calendar,
contacts, etc.?

How can I get her acct actually act like a second acct? About the only
thing we can seem to have personal, is the desktop...is this a limitation of
only having a single license?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

 

[Brian Tillman]

My wife and I share one computer and would like to each have their own
contact list, calendar, mail. We are running XP Pro and Office 2000.

The easiest way is for each of you to have your own Windows username. Each
of you can then create your own mail profile that the other can't see
(unless your account is an Administrator account).

Is it possible to have two separate profiles? When I create a new
profile, I cannot assign it to her document settings...all I'm able
to do, is create the new personal folder, but how can I populate it
with a calendar, contacts, etc.?

Even if you both share a single Windows username, each profile you create
can point to its own PST. If that PST is the delivery location for that
profile, Outlook will automatically populate it with the predefined folders
(Calendar, Contacts, Inbox, etc.). Your own profile then contains your
specific mail account. If you've enab;ed the option in Control Panel's Mail
applet, Outlook will ask which profile to use when it starts. To switch
profiles, you close Outlook and restart.

How can I get her acct actually act like a second acct? About the
only thing we can seem to have personal, is the desktop...is this a
limitation of only having a single license?

Windows XP doesn't need any special licensing to have multiple users, nor
does Office.