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I am running Windows XP Professional SP2. In my main account, I am running
lots of programs, some of which came with my Hewlett Packard computer, and
some of which I added. I am running Adobe Premiere Pro for video editing, and
I think I am dropping frames because of all the unnecessary programs running
in the background.

Question: how can I set up a new account or profile in which I will run just
PP and not all the other stuff? I would prefer to avoid having to reinstall
PP, but I would do so if necessary. Related question: If I am in a particular
account or profile, and uninstall sofware via the Add/Remove Programs, does
it uninstall the programs for every user/profile, or just the one I am
currently loggin in under?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

It's not quite that easy. Let's answer your related question first:

Related question: If I am in a particular account or profile, and
uninstall sofware via the Add/Remove Programs, does it uninstall the
programs for every user/profile, or just the one I am currently loggin in
under?

It uninstalls it for everyone as it removes the core program files.

Question: how can I set up a new account or profile in which I will run
just
PP and not all the other stuff? I would prefer to avoid having to
reinstall
PP, but I would do so if necessary.

Basically, what you would need to do (and reinstalling it is not necessary)
is to eliminate the startup load for all accounts as many of the programs
loading at boot do so for all accounts. For those programs that you want to
have load in the other accounts, place a shortcut in their user profile
startup folder so that the program only loads for that user.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Z Man]

Hi,

It's not quite that easy. Let's answer your related question first:


It uninstalls it for everyone as it removes the core program files.


Basically, what you would need to do (and reinstalling it is not
necessary) is to eliminate the startup load for all accounts as many of
the programs loading at boot do so for all accounts. For those programs
that you want to have load in the other accounts, place a shortcut in
their user profile startup folder so that the program only loads for that
user.

The programs I am running right now are fine for my 'general' account, which
is the only account I currently have. For my new Premiere Pro account, I
want to eliminate such things as Spy Sweeper, Norton Antivirus, Google
Desktop Search and a whole bunch of smaller programs that are not necessary
for PP use, and are bogging down my 3.6GHz system. How can I prevent these
unnecessary programs from running just in my PP configuration?