no common users

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My son and I both have separate user accounts set up in XP home. We both
have administrative rights. The problem is we don't want anything we do,
install, delete, download, email ect. to effect or appear in each other
accounts. Short of partitioning the drive or buying a separate computer
what can we do to keep our actions separate. Basically the problem comes
down to the All user folder and a common Program File where everything
installs to. He has his side and I have my side and neither should mix.
 
berg303 said:
My son and I both have separate user accounts set up in XP home.
We both have administrative rights. The problem is we don't want
anything we do, install, delete, download, email ect. to effect or
appear in each other accounts. Short of partitioning the drive or
buying a separate computer what can we do to keep our actions
separate. Basically the problem comes down to the All user folder
and a common Program File where everything installs to. He has his
side and I have my side and neither should mix.
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I read your other post about this and the suggestions there.
What you want is not going to happen on a single computer/single
installation system.
Windows XP was designed to be a multi-user system.

The applications are what is deciding (when they get installed) where to put
the icons and how to set the permissions.

The only way to get what you want in part is each time you install something
new - to go and manually copy the new icons/folders to each of your profiles
and remove it from the all users profile (if it is there.) Also, if either
of you install something you don't want the other to access (easily) - you
will have to manually change the permissions on its folders/files/registry
entries so the other user does not have access to them. Note that if both
of you are administrators - the other will be able to reverse whatever it is
you do.

In short - again - what you are trying to do is not possible by any
automated means in the scenario you gave.
 
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