Newbie Post: Confidentiality in Outlook

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Ian Pettigrew

I use outlook for e-mail, scheduling, etc. as default. Obviously, when I
want to view Newsgroups it defaults to Outlook Express.

With Windows XP, I recently set up an e-mail (pay-as-you-dial) account for
my wife and set her up with Outlook Express as her default for eveything.

Problem: When she logs on, she is also offered my dial-up / log-on and
likewise me with hers when I go onto Newsgroups via Outlook to Outlook
Express.

OK, so I'm sure she's not getting regular e-mails from Brad Pitt, unlike me
who is constantly stalked by Kylie Minogue (that was a joke...), but surely
there is some way we can avoid crossing each other's paths in a
technological sense?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Ian P,
East Lothian,
Bonny Scotland

A thing not worth doing isn't worth doing well.
 
Since you are using XP I assume she has her own ID as you
do as well. So when you create the dial up make sure you
deselect the option "Use this account name and password
when anyone connects to the internet from this computer" -
this option is giving during the setup of a dial up
internet connection.

Ty
 
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