Vista - user accounts

I hope this vista system works better than xp home, when it comes to user
accounts. windows 98 had a better user account system than xp and I hope
vista is better than windows 98 now.
Here's why
-Everytime I download something to my user, it would create icons to all the
other users created on my computer also...windows 98 never did this!
And, when I tried to delete the icons from the other users it would also
delete it from mine too.
The user accounts need to be more independant than that, like they were in 98.

Also, I hope vista deals better with this "system administrator" feature when
you have multiple users, where everyone is an administrator. If you take the
limited account you might as well just surf the net only, because thats all
it allows. There is no medium in between which is needed. It is one extreme
or another.

"sport4x4" wrote:

> I hope this vista system works better than xp home, when it comes to user
> accounts. windows 98 had a better user account system than xp and I hope
> vista is better than windows 98 now.
> Here's why
> -Everytime I download something to my user, it would create icons to all the
> other users created on my computer also...windows 98 never did this!
> And, when I tried to delete the icons from the other users it would also
> delete it from mine too.
> The user accounts need to be more independant than that, like they were in 98.

What's happening is that the programs you install copy the shortcuts to
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop and C:\Documents and
Settings\Start Menu\....

Items that are copied to the All Users folder are available to all users
(hence the name.) If you delete them, they are deleted from the view of all
users as well. Thing to do is move them from the All Users folder to the
appropriate location under your own User folder.

It's not Windows, it's the lazy installers that give you no option to keep
the shortcuts to yourself. I've seen installers that do offer this option,
asking if you want to allow all users to use the program or not. I've also
seen installers that default to only giving the current user the shortcuts
and don't give you the option of sharing the app with other users.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"sport4x4" <sport4x4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EE20223E-AD01-4B92-9CB5-3FB44D5C47B5@microsoft.com...
> Also, I hope vista deals better with this "system administrator" feature
when
> you have multiple users, where everyone is an administrator. If you take
the
> limited account you might as well just surf the net only, because thats
all
> it allows. There is no medium in between which is needed. It is one
extreme
> or another.
>
> "sport4x4" wrote:
>
> > I hope this vista system works better than xp home, when it comes to
user
> > accounts. windows 98 had a better user account system than xp and I hope
> > vista is better than windows 98 now.
> > Here's why
> > -Everytime I download something to my user, it would create icons to all
the
> > other users created on my computer also...windows 98 never did this!
> > And, when I tried to delete the icons from the other users it would also
> > delete it from mine too.
> > The user accounts need to be more independant than that, like they were
in 98.

Hello,

> Also, I hope vista deals better with this "system administrator" feature
> when
> you have multiple users, where everyone is an administrator. If you take
> the
> limited account you might as well just surf the net only, because thats
> all
> it allows. There is no medium in between which is needed. It is one
> extreme
> or another.

In Windows Vista, everyone runs as a "limited user", even administrators.
When logged in as an administrator, all programs are locked down as a
limited user, unless they ask for permission to be given full access to your
computer, or your unlock the program specifically by right-clicking it and
clicking Run As Administrator.

In this way, you can easily run programs that need admin access AND still
have the security afforded by running as a limited user.

--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/