Help setting up new comp for Digital Audio Production & general us

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Hi guys - I'm getting a new laptop to run my audio recording rig and the
problem is, although not ideal, i'm going to need it to be an "everything
else" laptop as well as a "recording" laptop. It will be running Windows XP
Media Center Edition, 2GB Ram, 800Mhz FSB, P4 3.2 Ghz, etc. Now...I will
have it set-up with two hardware profiles (one with minimal hardware drivers
installed for audio work, and one wtih everything running for "everything
else") and I will also have two user accounts for the same purpose. Problem
is, changes in msconfig are global - and not restricted to one account or
another. Is there a way to have different software startup sequences for
different usernames? I don't need norton running when i'm recording and not
hooked up to the internet...but i DO want it running when i'm in "everything
else" mode. Any help would be HUGE!

Thanks!

Josh
 
what about Dual Booting? Is it possible to dual-boot with both OS's being XP
MCE? Or even XPMCE and XP? Would that accomplish what i'm looking to do?
 
You need two partitions - preferably two harddrives (at least :)
Another way is to edit autoexec.bat - guess there should be a command to NOT
start norton.
Michael
 
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