Need help with user accounts

[Guest]

We just got a new computer with Windows XP Media Center. It led us to create
a user account for each family member. One person installed a game and the
computer put a shortcut on each individual's desktop. Only the person who
installed the game wants the shortcut. I deleted the shortcut from my
desktop, and it automatically deleted it from everyone's desktop. We're
confused! It did let us each have a different wallpaper and theme, but it
seems if one of us deletes certain things from our desktop, it affects all
the other peoples' desktops. I have tried all the help screens and can't find
out about this. Can anyone please help? Thank you!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

We just got a new computer with Windows XP Media Center. It led us to
create a user account for each family member. One person installed a
game and the computer put a shortcut on each individual's desktop.
Only the person who installed the game wants the shortcut. I deleted
the shortcut from my desktop, and it automatically deleted it from
everyone's desktop. We're confused! It did let us each have a
different wallpaper and theme, but it seems if one of us deletes
certain things from our desktop, it affects all the other peoples'
desktops. I have tried all the help screens and can't find out about
this. Can anyone please help? Thank you!

Normally this happens when, as the game is being installed, a window appears
asking whether to install for all users or just the current user. If the
person installing selects all users then the shortcut is placed in the
Desktop folder of the All Users profile and all users will see it. Remove
it from there and put it only in the Desktop folder for your son.

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[Guest]

Thank you.. can you please tell me where I would find the "All Users"
profile? I don't see anything like that listed. It only lists the profiles of
each family member. I also don't know where the desktop folders are located,
I was going on to each person's account to access their desktop.

Any info on the above would be appreciated! Also, if anyone can direct me to
a source to read and learn about how to use the user accounts better, I would
appreciate it. The help on the computer is useless, it tells you how to make
accounts or set passwords, but it doesn't tell you about what things you can
do just on your account account and which things affect all the users
accounts. Thanks!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Thank you.. can you please tell me where I would find the "All Users"
profile? I don't see anything like that listed. It only lists the
profiles of each family member. I also don't know where the desktop
folders are located, I was going on to each person's account to
access their desktop.

Any info on the above would be appreciated! Also, if anyone can
direct me to a source to read and learn about how to use the user
accounts better, I would appreciate it. The help on the computer is
useless, it tells you how to make accounts or set passwords, but it
doesn't tell you about what things you can do just on your account
account and which things affect all the users accounts. Thanks!

In Windows Explorer, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.

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