Re: User accounts and Start Menu

[M]

Beggar me ..... Thorsten Matzner ) contributed this in
on Wed, 02 Apr 2003 18:32:21
GMT:

> M > wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the reply. Before your reply appeared on my ISP's mail
>>server I'd 'replied' to my OP with more details (including the fact
>>that I don't have a DEFAULT USER (as far as I know).
>
> At a DOS prompt type
> SET
> and press ENTER
> Check what is listed for
> allusersprofile
> userprofile
> Those are the folders that are currently in use. You can delete the
> other folders from the Safe Mode. If no DEFAULT USER folder appears
> under DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS this does not indicate a problem as you
> are not going to use the multi-user environment of Windows XP.
>
Thanks Thorsten. userprofile is ms (me, which is fine) and allusersprofile
is all users.WINDOWS.

Should I leave it at that (and delete the all users folder), or copy the
documents/settings from all users.WINDOWS to the all users account then
delete the .WINDOWS one? Does it make any difference which all users
account I keep (just the fact that the current one has the .WINDOWS
'extension' makes me think it could cause problems at some point? Maybe I'm
just being paranoid, but I just want to avoid any possible future problems.

Your help is very much appreciated.

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m@rko

www.broadband4blackpool.org.uk

[M]

Beggar me ..... Thorsten Matzner ) contributed this in
on Wed, 02 Apr 2003 18:32:21
GMT:

> M > wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the reply. Before your reply appeared on my ISP's mail
>>server I'd 'replied' to my OP with more details (including the fact
>>that I don't have a DEFAULT USER (as far as I know).
>
> At a DOS prompt type
> SET
> and press ENTER
> Check what is listed for
> allusersprofile
> userprofile
> Those are the folders that are currently in use. You can delete the
> other folders from the Safe Mode. If no DEFAULT USER folder appears
> under DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS this does not indicate a problem as you
> are not going to use the multi-user environment of Windows XP.
>
Thanks Thorsten. userprofile is ms (me, which is fine) and allusersprofile
is all users.WINDOWS.

Should I leave it at that (and delete the all users folder), or copy the
documents/settings from all users.WINDOWS to the all users account then
delete the .WINDOWS one? Does it make any difference which all users
account I keep (just the fact that the current one has the .WINDOWS
'extension' makes me think it could cause problems at some point? Maybe I'm
just being paranoid, but I just want to avoid any possible future problems.

Your help is very much appreciated.

--

m@rko

www.broadband4blackpool.org.uk

[Thorsten Matzner]

M > wrote:

>Should I leave it at that (and delete the all users folder), or copy the
>documents/settings from all users.WINDOWS to the all users account then
>delete the .WINDOWS one?

No. But you may want to check the ALL USERS folder for data that you
want to keep and copy this over to ALL USERS.WINDOWS. Then you can
delete the ALL USERS folder.

>Does it make any difference which all users
>account I keep (just the fact that the current one has the .WINDOWS
>'extension' makes me think it could cause problems at some point? Maybe I'm
>just being paranoid, but I just want to avoid any possible future problems.

There is no problem with this. You should keep the folders that are in
use currently. You can delete any duplicates of these folders, which
are still there but no longer used.

--
(tm)

[Thorsten Matzner]

M > wrote:

>Should I leave it at that (and delete the all users folder), or copy the
>documents/settings from all users.WINDOWS to the all users account then
>delete the .WINDOWS one?

No. But you may want to check the ALL USERS folder for data that you
want to keep and copy this over to ALL USERS.WINDOWS. Then you can
delete the ALL USERS folder.

>Does it make any difference which all users
>account I keep (just the fact that the current one has the .WINDOWS
>'extension' makes me think it could cause problems at some point? Maybe I'm
>just being paranoid, but I just want to avoid any possible future problems.

There is no problem with this. You should keep the folders that are in
use currently. You can delete any duplicates of these folders, which
are still there but no longer used.

--
(tm)

[M]

Beggar me ..... Thorsten Matzner ) contributed this in
on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 16:19:10
GMT:

> M > wrote:
>
>>Should I leave it at that (and delete the all users folder), or copy
>>the documents/settings from all users.WINDOWS to the all users account
>>then delete the .WINDOWS one?
>
> No. But you may want to check the ALL USERS folder for data that you
> want to keep and copy this over to ALL USERS.WINDOWS. Then you can
> delete the ALL USERS folder.
>
>>Does it make any difference which all users
>>account I keep (just the fact that the current one has the .WINDOWS
>>'extension' makes me think it could cause problems at some point?
>>Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I just want to avoid any possible
>>future problems.
>
> There is no problem with this. You should keep the folders that are in
> use currently. You can delete any duplicates of these folders, which
> are still there but no longer used.
>
Many thanks for all your help Thorsten. No further questions (right now) ;)


--

m@rko

www.broadband4blackpool.org.uk

[M]

Beggar me ..... Thorsten Matzner ) contributed this in
on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 16:19:10
GMT:

> M > wrote:
>
>>Should I leave it at that (and delete the all users folder), or copy
>>the documents/settings from all users.WINDOWS to the all users account
>>then delete the .WINDOWS one?
>
> No. But you may want to check the ALL USERS folder for data that you
> want to keep and copy this over to ALL USERS.WINDOWS. Then you can
> delete the ALL USERS folder.
>
>>Does it make any difference which all users
>>account I keep (just the fact that the current one has the .WINDOWS
>>'extension' makes me think it could cause problems at some point?
>>Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I just want to avoid any possible
>>future problems.
>
> There is no problem with this. You should keep the folders that are in
> use currently. You can delete any duplicates of these folders, which
> are still there but no longer used.
>
Many thanks for all your help Thorsten. No further questions (right now) ;)


--

m@rko

www.broadband4blackpool.org.uk

[Thorsten Matzner]

M > wrote:

>Many thanks for all your help Thorsten. No further questions (right now) ;)

You are welcome.

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(tm)

[Thorsten Matzner]

M > wrote:

>Many thanks for all your help Thorsten. No further questions (right now) ;)

You are welcome.

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(tm)