Do I really need all 4 profiles?

[J. Marquez]

I'm a little confused by something that XP does. In my Documents and
Settings folders, there are four folders: Administrator, All Users, Default
User, and Me.

I'm the only user who ever uses this computer, so I have no need for
different levels of access. I'm the Administrator, I'm the Default User,
I'm All Users, and faults and all, I'm Me.

The problem is that some things show up in one folder, and other things show
up in others, so it gets a little confusing trying to find things. For
instance, Start Menu items. When I install a program, the shortcuts get
automatically put into the Start Menu folder of one of these four folders,
but there doesn't seem to rhyme or reason as to which one. Consequently, I
have start menu items in all four folders. My start menu works fine, but it
would be more convenient and easier to manipulate if I had them all in one.

My question is this: is there any way I can convince XP that I don't need
Administrator, All Users, Default User and Me? I just need one. It can
pick which one it wants, I just want one folder in Documents and Settings,
to make it easier to find things.

Any way to do this? If not, is there some workaround I can try to get all
the files in the other three to go into one?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[M. Rajesh]

Hi,

From a point of view where multiple users access the same
workstation the concept of the 4 profiles plays a very
important role. Since u are the only user it applies to
you because that is the architecture of Windows XP.

Please do not do anything with these 4 profiles. leave it
as it is. Make sure u are using a strong password to
protect ur pc and that is more than enough.

Regards
M. Rajesh

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm a little confused by something that XP does. In my
Documents and
>Settings folders, there are four folders: Administrator,
All Users, Default
>User, and Me.
>
>I'm the only user who ever uses this computer, so I have
no need for
>different levels of access. I'm the Administrator, I'm
the Default User,
>I'm All Users, and faults and all, I'm Me.
>
>The problem is that some things show up in one folder,
and other things show
>up in others, so it gets a little confusing trying to
find things. For
>instance, Start Menu items. When I install a program,
the shortcuts get
>automatically put into the Start Menu folder of one of
these four folders,
>but there doesn't seem to rhyme or reason as to which
one. Consequently, I
>have start menu items in all four folders. My start menu
works fine, but it
>would be more convenient and easier to manipulate if I
had them all in one.
>
>My question is this: is there any way I can convince XP
that I don't need
>Administrator, All Users, Default User and Me? I just
need one. It can
>pick which one it wants, I just want one folder in
Documents and Settings,
>to make it easier to find things.
>
>Any way to do this? If not, is there some workaround I
can try to get all
>the files in the other three to go into one?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>.
>

[Lorne Smith]

Administrator is the built in administrator account and should NOT be
deleted. If you ever forget your password, you will need this account
All Users if for software that hs been installed for all users
Default User is the profile XP uses as a template when you create a new user
You, is you :) Things found in here will NOT be visible to any other users.

You should NOT delete ANY of these profiles. If you do... be prepared to do
a repair installiion very soon as Windows needs them :)

Lorne


"J. Marquez" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm a little confused by something that XP does. In my Documents and
> Settings folders, there are four folders: Administrator, All Users,
Default
> User, and Me.
>
> I'm the only user who ever uses this computer, so I have no need for
> different levels of access. I'm the Administrator, I'm the Default User,
> I'm All Users, and faults and all, I'm Me.
>
> The problem is that some things show up in one folder, and other things
show
> up in others, so it gets a little confusing trying to find things. For
> instance, Start Menu items. When I install a program, the shortcuts get
> automatically put into the Start Menu folder of one of these four folders,
> but there doesn't seem to rhyme or reason as to which one. Consequently,
I
> have start menu items in all four folders. My start menu works fine, but
it
> would be more convenient and easier to manipulate if I had them all in
one.
>
> My question is this: is there any way I can convince XP that I don't need
> Administrator, All Users, Default User and Me? I just need one. It can
> pick which one it wants, I just want one folder in Documents and Settings,
> to make it easier to find things.
>
> Any way to do this? If not, is there some workaround I can try to get all
> the files in the other three to go into one?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.

[J. Marquez]

"Lorne Smith" > wrote:

> You should NOT delete ANY of these profiles.

Okay. How about my question regarding Start Menu items being
scattered throughout the 4 profiles? Is there any reason not to
combine them into one (to make it easier to edit the Start Menu)?

[Lorne Smith]

"J. Marquez" > wrote in message
om...
> "Lorne Smith" > wrote:
>
> > You should NOT delete ANY of these profiles.
>
> Okay. How about my question regarding Start Menu items being
> scattered throughout the 4 profiles? Is there any reason not to
> combine them into one (to make it easier to edit the Start Menu)?

You can do that, but you should move them into the All Users profile so that
the items will be available to all users. Do not move anything out of the
Default Users profile or any new users you create will be missing this
information... I also don't recommend you move any menu items out of the
Administrator user profile...

Lorne