Possible to set up windows with just one user folder under Docs &Settings?

[muzician21]

I seem to get "Admin", "Default user" and "whatever username you
specifiy" as a minimum when installing XP.

I'm the only one who ever uses my machines. Is it possible to tell the
setup to just create one user folder and put everything there?

Thanks

 

[philo]

I seem to get "Admin", "Default user" and "whatever username you
specifiy" as a minimum when installing XP.

I'm the only one who ever uses my machines. Is it possible to tell the
setup to just create one user folder and put everything there?

Thanks

not possible

just ignore the other folders

 

[Tim Meddick]

If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you can then delete [remove]
the other user that you would have been required to create at install-time.

This would leave you with :

Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

The folder "Default User" is only ever used as a "Template" for when you create a new
profile.

I think you could delete this folder but it may cause major hassle if you ever
decided to then create a new profile without it being present anymore.

You could always just assign "hidden" attributes to the other folders as the accounts
:

Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

.....folders would be "hidden" by default, so you just don't see them - but they *are*
there.

To do this, open a Command Prompt (dos-box) window, and navigate to the :

C:\Documents and Settings\

....folder, then type :

ATTRIB +H "Default User"
ATTRIB +H "LocalService"
ATTRIB +H "NetworkService"

...and for any other folder you'd rather not see there...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[John John - MVP]

If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you can then
delete [remove] the other user that you would have been required to
create at install-time.

This would leave you with :

Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

The folder "Default User" is only ever used as a "Template" for when you
create a new profile.

I think you could delete this folder but it may cause major hassle if
you ever decided to then create a new profile without it being present
anymore.

Don't delete this folder!!! If ever you have profile corruption the
system will not be able to create a new profile for you!

John

 

[Tim Meddick]

I though that I had said that.

After explaining that - if you have only one profile - Administrator - and the OP
wanted to delete the Default User profile, I explained that I thought that it may
cause major complications if you then attempted to create a new profile without it.

But if the OP was left with only one profile like was suggested (i.e. Administrator)
then with or without "Default User" if this profile was corrupted there's no way to
enter the OS to recover anything anyway!

I did say that I thought the best idea, if "clutter" was the issue, would be to
assign "hidden" attributes to the other folders within "Documents and Settings".

Making the other folders "hidden" is totally safe option and will not impact
negatively on the operating system in any way.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you can then delete
[remove] the other user that you would have been required to create at
install-time.

This would leave you with :

Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

The folder "Default User" is only ever used as a "Template" for when you create a
new profile.

I think you could delete this folder but it may cause major hassle if you ever
decided to then create a new profile without it being present anymore.

Don't delete this folder!!! If ever you have profile corruption the system will
not be able to create a new profile for you!

John

 

[Unknown]

Yes you did say that. However, you have to be a PHD of the English language
to come
to that conclusion.

I though that I had said that.

After explaining that - if you have only one profile - Administrator - and
the OP wanted to delete the Default User profile, I explained that I
thought that it may cause major complications if you then attempted to
create a new profile without it.

But if the OP was left with only one profile like was suggested (i.e.
Administrator) then with or without "Default User" if this profile was
corrupted there's no way to enter the OS to recover anything anyway!

I did say that I thought the best idea, if "clutter" was the issue, would
be to assign "hidden" attributes to the other folders within "Documents
and Settings".

Making the other folders "hidden" is totally safe option and will not
impact negatively on the operating system in any way.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you can then
delete [remove] the other user that you would have been required to
create at install-time.

This would leave you with :

Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

The folder "Default User" is only ever used as a "Template" for when you
create a new profile.

I think you could delete this folder but it may cause major hassle if
you ever decided to then create a new profile without it being present
anymore.

Don't delete this folder!!! If ever you have profile corruption the
system will not be able to create a new profile for you!

John

 

[Peter Foldes]

There is the difference between UK and American English.

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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Yes you did say that. However, you have to be a PHD of the English language to
come
to that conclusion.

I though that I had said that.

After explaining that - if you have only one profile - Administrator - and the OP
wanted to delete the Default User profile, I explained that I thought that it may
cause major complications if you then attempted to create a new profile without
it.

But if the OP was left with only one profile like was suggested (i.e.
Administrator) then with or without "Default User" if this profile was corrupted
there's no way to enter the OS to recover anything anyway!

I did say that I thought the best idea, if "clutter" was the issue, would be to
assign "hidden" attributes to the other folders within "Documents and Settings".

Making the other folders "hidden" is totally safe option and will not impact
negatively on the operating system in any way.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Tim Meddick wrote:
If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you can then delete
[remove] the other user that you would have been required to create at
install-time.

This would leave you with :

Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

The folder "Default User" is only ever used as a "Template" for when you create
a new profile.

I think you could delete this folder but it may cause major hassle if you ever
decided to then create a new profile without it being present anymore.

Don't delete this folder!!! If ever you have profile corruption the system will
not be able to create a new profile for you!

John

 

[Unknown]

There sure is but, if you come to the point there's no confusion.

There is the difference between UK and American English.

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

Yes you did say that. However, you have to be a PHD of the English
language to come
to that conclusion.

I though that I had said that.

After explaining that - if you have only one profile - Administrator -
and the OP wanted to delete the Default User profile, I explained that I
thought that it may cause major complications if you then attempted to
create a new profile without it.

But if the OP was left with only one profile like was suggested (i.e.
Administrator) then with or without "Default User" if this profile was
corrupted there's no way to enter the OS to recover anything anyway!

I did say that I thought the best idea, if "clutter" was the issue,
would be to assign "hidden" attributes to the other folders within
"Documents and Settings".

Making the other folders "hidden" is totally safe option and will not
impact negatively on the operating system in any way.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




Tim Meddick wrote:
If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you can then
delete [remove] the other user that you would have been required to
create at install-time.

This would leave you with :

Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

The folder "Default User" is only ever used as a "Template" for when
you create a new profile.

I think you could delete this folder but it may cause major hassle if
you ever decided to then create a new profile without it being present
anymore.

Don't delete this folder!!! If ever you have profile corruption the
system will not be able to create a new profile for you!

John

 

[Tim Meddick]

And what the hell was that supposed to mean, Mr "Unknown" ?

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I seem to get "Admin", "Default user" and "whatever username you
specifiy" as a minimum when installing XP.

I'm the only one who ever uses my machines. Is it possible to tell
the setup to just create one user folder and put everything there?

No.

Windows XP is a multi-user system, even if used by a single user. If you
were to unhide system files - you'd see even more accounts.

If the only one *you* use is yours - good enough. Don't worry about the
rest.

 

[Unknown]

Read the first few lines of your post. What do you think a reader will do?
Delete????????

 

[Tim Meddick]

You mean? .....

"If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you can then delete [remove]
the other user that you would have been required to create at install-time."

....sorry, still sounds grammatically okay to me...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Twayne]

HUH??


In

 

[Lax]

"Two nations separated by the same language"

There is the difference between UK and American English.

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be
acknowledged.

Yes you did say that. However, you have to be a PHD of the
English language to come
to that conclusion.

I though that I had said that.

After explaining that - if you have only one profile -
Administrator - and the OP wanted to delete the Default User
profile, I explained that I thought that it may cause major
complications if you then attempted to create a new profile
without it.

But if the OP was left with only one profile like was
suggested (i.e. Administrator) then with or without "Default
User" if this profile was corrupted there's no way to enter
the OS to recover anything anyway!

I did say that I thought the best idea, if "clutter" was the
issue, would be to assign "hidden" attributes to the other
folders within "Documents and Settings".

Making the other folders "hidden" is totally safe option and
will not impact negatively on the operating system in any
way.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




Tim Meddick wrote:
If you just use "Administrator" as your normal profile you
can then delete [remove] the other user that you would have
been required to create at install-time.

This would leave you with :

Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService

The folder "Default User" is only ever used as a "Template"
for when you create a new profile.

I think you could delete this folder but it may cause major
hassle if you ever decided to then create a new profile
without it being present anymore.

Don't delete this folder!!! If ever you have profile
corruption the system will not be able to create a new
profile for you!

John