Multiple user profile setup

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I am a have a laptop that I use in two settings:
1) At home on my home network that has two other computers
and is connected via either wirless LAN or ethernet. I
don't have a domain set up for this network.
2) At some public access point such as my hotel room,
starbucks, etc.

Each one has a slightly different use case:
1) At home, I want every computer on the network to have
access to the information on the hard drive and vice-versa.
2) At the hotel or starbucks, I don't want anyone to get
access to the information on my machine.

Question #1: How do I do this? I had a general Windows
system administrator spend 1 hour trying to figure this
out and couldn't.

Question #2: How do I use Outlook 2000 from any one of
those two profiles and see the same information no
matter which profile I use?

I just installed my palm software on the laptop and
uploaded all the info from the palm to the laptop. Now I
can only see the contact info if I am logged in to the
user profile that I was logged in to when I installed the
palm desktop! (and when I look under the start menu on one
of the other profiles, I can't even see the palm desktop
software!)

It seems as though this should be pretty simple, but for
some reason it isn't very intuitive.

HELP!

Thanks,
John
 
john said:
I am a have a laptop that I use in two settings:
1) At home on my home network that has two other computers
and is connected via either wirless LAN or ethernet. I
don't have a domain set up for this network.
2) At some public access point such as my hotel room,
starbucks, etc.

Each one has a slightly different use case:
1) At home, I want every computer on the network to have
access to the information on the hard drive and vice-versa.
2) At the hotel or starbucks, I don't want anyone to get
access to the information on my machine.

Question #1: How do I do this? I had a general Windows
system administrator spend 1 hour trying to figure this
out and couldn't.
Click to expand...

Use a software firewall app like ZoneAlarm, Sygate, or BlackIce, and enable
it while you aren't in your office to block all inbound traffic.
Question #2: How do I use Outlook 2000 from any one of
those two profiles and see the same information no
matter which profile I use?
Click to expand...

Don't use two profiles - always log into the same account.
I just installed my palm software on the laptop and
uploaded all the info from the palm to the laptop. Now I
can only see the contact info if I am logged in to the
user profile that I was logged in to when I installed the
palm desktop! (and when I look under the start menu on one
of the other profiles, I can't even see the palm desktop
software!)

It seems as though this should be pretty simple, but for
some reason it isn't very intuitive.
Click to expand...

You're making things more complicated than you need to - why two profiles?
Install the Palm SW again while logged in as yourself, provided you have
local admin rights, which you probably do.
 
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