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Old June 14th 04, 02:41 AM
tom andersen
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I have administrative account on my home XP pc. I've set
up a limited acount for my kid, but can't find the option
to change icons on desktop under her log in. When I try
to delete an icon, I'm told I don't have privledges. How
do I log in as me (administrator) and get to her desktop
so that I have priledges to change desktop?
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Old June 14th 04, 08:41 AM
JW
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Default adding and deleting icons on desktop for limited accounts

I'm not an expert, but I noticed you did not get a response yet, so I'll
help. You just log in as Administrator, and navigate to her profile (the
folder with her user name, under Documents and Settings) using Windows
Explorer (not Internet Explorer). There's a subfolder in her profile named
Desktop and another named Programs (under Start Menu). You should find the
shortcuts (icons) there, and remove them from both subfolders. Maybe the
reason you did not get a response is because this newsgroup is for security
problems. Next time try the WindowsXP.Basics newsgroup for basic problems
setting up user accounts.

"tom andersen" wrote in message
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I have administrative account on my home XP pc. I've set
up a limited acount for my kid, but can't find the option
to change icons on desktop under her log in. When I try
to delete an icon, I'm told I don't have privledges. How
do I log in as me (administrator) and get to her desktop
so that I have priledges to change desktop?


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Old June 15th 04, 02:41 AM
Tom
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Default adding and deleting icons on desktop for limited accounts

Thanks!. The shortcuts were in All Users, but you gave me
the hint of how to find that, hadn't even tried Windows
Explorer.

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
I'm not an expert, but I noticed you did not get a

response yet, so I'll
help. You just log in as Administrator, and navigate to

her profile (the
folder with her user name, under Documents and Settings)

using Windows
Explorer (not Internet Explorer). There's a subfolder

in her profile named
Desktop and another named Programs (under Start Menu).

You should find the
shortcuts (icons) there, and remove them from both

subfolders. Maybe the
reason you did not get a response is because this

newsgroup is for security
problems. Next time try the WindowsXP.Basics newsgroup

for basic problems
setting up user accounts.

"tom andersen" wrote in

message
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I have administrative account on my home XP pc. I've set
up a limited acount for my kid, but can't find the option
to change icons on desktop under her log in. When I try
to delete an icon, I'm told I don't have privledges. How
do I log in as me (administrator) and get to her desktop
so that I have priledges to change desktop?


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