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Personal settings
My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but
nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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Your question appears to be related to Outlook. I recommend
you repost in an Outlook newsgroup - this is where you will find most of the Outlook experts. "RJ" wrote in message ... My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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Well, yes and no, and I have posted the specifics about Outlook to those
groups. Some of the issues are specific to Outlook, but why can we not have separate desktops? There has to be more to having separate accts than just having different backgrounds. I guess my question is more general to how to make effective use of personal accts so they actually behave "personally" "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote in message ... Your question appears to be related to Outlook. I recommend you repost in an Outlook newsgroup - this is where you will find most of the Outlook experts. "RJ" wrote in message ... My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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Under WinXP, each user gets his/her own desktop, desktop background,
keyboard repetition rate etc. etc. These settings are defined in various files and folders under "c:\documents and settings\xxx" where xxx is usually the user's logon name. Shortcuts that are placed into "c:\documents and settings\all users" are visible to each and every user. Respondents in the Outlook group will probably tell you that each user has his own Outlook data store by default, unless the default is modified to a common and shared data store. "RJ" wrote in message ... Well, yes and no, and I have posted the specifics about Outlook to those groups. Some of the issues are specific to Outlook, but why can we not have separate desktops? There has to be more to having separate accts than just having different backgrounds. I guess my question is more general to how to make effective use of personal accts so they actually behave "personally" "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote in message ... Your question appears to be related to Outlook. I recommend you repost in an Outlook newsgroup - this is where you will find most of the Outlook experts. "RJ" wrote in message ... My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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Hi,
Right click the START button and click OPEN, this is YOUR personal start menu. Right click the START button and click OPEN ALL USERS, this is the SHARED start menu. MOVE any icons from the SHARED to YOUR folder that only you wish to have access to. Log off and let the other user log on and repeat the same procedure. Hope this helps Andy |
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Hi,
The icons depend on which folder they are located in. Those common to all accounts are under: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop Those that belong to only one account are found in the users' desktop folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Desktop As to Outlook, each user should have their own .pst file nested within their user folder, the functions shouldn't be shared unless explicitly made so, but an Office group would be the best place to seek answers to those questions. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "RJ" wrote in message ... My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:34:48 -0600, "RJ"
wrote: If you can access the icon with the mouse, try right click-properties-change icon. In some case there may only be 1 icon. But that's not the norm. My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance -- more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html |
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What is your operating system? You say Office 2000. Do you mean Windows
2000?? "RJ" wrote in message ... My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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No, XP. I should have said Outlook 2000 (from Office XP Pro). Sorry for
the mistype. "Stephen Larivee" wrote in message ... What is your operating system? You say Office 2000. Do you mean Windows 2000?? "RJ" wrote in message ... My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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If you have Outlook from Office XP, wouldn't it be Office 2002?
"RJ" wrote in message ... No, XP. I should have said Outlook 2000 (from Office XP Pro). Sorry for the mistype. "Stephen Larivee" wrote in message ... What is your operating system? You say Office 2000. Do you mean Windows 2000?? "RJ" wrote in message ... My wife and I use one computer. We each have a separate account, but nothing seems to be specific to each. While we can have different backgrounds on our own accts, we can not have separate icons on each. What is on one is on the other. Can this be personalized? We are running Office 2000...can we each have our own acct, as we each have individual email accts. That much seems doable, but what about having our own contact lists, calendars, etc.? Thanks in advance |
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