joe
December 6th 03, 10:29 AM
Thorsten is right, many programs have to be installed
under each users login or they just won't show up or work
for that user.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have just bought a new computer with Windows XP. My
last
>one had Win98 so I've finding things very different. I
>have set up four users: the two adults as administrators
>and the children as users. I am installing programs and
>have two problems:
>1. For the children to install their games I have to
make
>them temporary administrators. Is this the only way they
>can install stuff?
>2. I order for all of us to use the word
>processor/NikonView/Music writer etc, I have to install
>them in all users|shared documents|program files (I set
up
>program files myself) which bugs me as I would like to
>keep all program files together. Is there any way of a
>user making their programs available to the other users?
>.
>
under each users login or they just won't show up or work
for that user.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have just bought a new computer with Windows XP. My
last
>one had Win98 so I've finding things very different. I
>have set up four users: the two adults as administrators
>and the children as users. I am installing programs and
>have two problems:
>1. For the children to install their games I have to
make
>them temporary administrators. Is this the only way they
>can install stuff?
>2. I order for all of us to use the word
>processor/NikonView/Music writer etc, I have to install
>them in all users|shared documents|program files (I set
up
>program files myself) which bugs me as I would like to
>keep all program files together. Is there any way of a
>user making their programs available to the other users?
>.
>