All Users versus "User Name"

Look in "Computer Management" under "System Tools | Local User and Groups | Users" and you'll see who has accounts on your machine. Mine has Administrator, Guest, Help Assistant, and Support_388945a0 - the last 3 have red X's on them? My admin account "appears" to be the only active one... By the way, I was able to delete accounts from within this console!

Russ

 

Christer - there should be only one administrator account on the PC.

But you can give full administrative rights to any other users you choose by going into the local groups and adding the username to the administrator group.

 

Christer ...

Booting into Safe mode will add an Administrator folder to C:\Docs & Settings.

I delete mine (in Windows Explorer), but I don't know if you can, since you use a password. The Default User folder can be deleted.

I should have added, earlier, that you will only see the Local and Network Service folders if Hide protected operating system files is UNchecked on the Folder Options View tab.

 

Christer - the learning curve for XP is steep if you came to it directly from 9X. And the more of a PC control freak you are, the worse the transition. Finding out where they hide all the good stuff and how to do things you could easily do before.

Easy transition from 2K to XP though. About like 95 to 98 was.

And the same thing happened with DOS to Win3.x to 9X only maybe worse.

Once you get really used to XP, try to go back to an earlier OS and you'll find your self muttering about things you can't do with it that are dead easy with XP.

 

It's a LOT easier if you use the Classic look, rather than the ghastly "luna" interface in XP (I suspect that "luna" is simply short for "lunatic" ).

One of the best things you can do for yourself is create shortcuts to some of the fundamental parts of XP, so that you don't have to try to remember where the Administrative Tools folder is, or what cryptic command you have to type into Start > Run. I have mine on the Start Menu, rather than the Desktop, because they're always accessible.

Some of the more useful ones are:

• DEVICE MANAGER: %SystemRoot%\system32\devmgmt.msc
  
  DISK MANAGEMENT: %SystemRoot%\system32\diskmgmt.msc
  
  GROUP POLICY EDITOR: %SystemRoot%\system32\gpedit.msc
  
  SERVICES: %SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc /s
  
  SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: %SystemRoot%\Pchealth\Helpctr\Binaries\msconfig.exe
  
  SYSTEM PROPERTIES: %SystemRoot%\system32\control.exe Sysdm.cpl, System,2
  
  SYSTEM RESTORE: %SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe
  
  TASK MANAGER: %SystemRoot%\system32\taskmgr.exe
  
  SCREENSAVER: %SystemRoot%\system32\control.exe desk.cpl, Display,2

I've included Screensaver because I'm constantly turning mine off and back on, and also because it provides easy access to the other Display Properties.

The next three are useful because they're one-step ... you don't have to go through the "Turn off computer" screen.

• SHUTDOWN: %SystemRoot%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0
  
  REBOOT: %SystemRoot%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 0
  
  LOG OFF: %SystemRoot%\system32\shutdown.exe -l -t 0

Agreed. I run XP Pro on my laptop and my primary desktop, and 98 SE on a second desktop, mostly because I'm responsible for the health and welfare of my daughter's 98 SE computer, and I'd rather mess up my computer than hers. If I don't use 98 for a few days, it's amazing how left-handed I feel when I do try to use it.

 

Christer ...

The best way to learn XP is to jump right in with both feet, and don't be timid. It's not bullet-proof, but it's a **** sight moreso than Win9.x and Me.

Re your comment about today's young pilots: they haven't a clue about what an E6-B is, or how to use it (I'm not sure I remember, myself), but thanks for starting me on a trip down memory lane ...

I can remember thinking in 1959 that VOR was the greatest thing since Wilbur and Orville, and when DME was added a year or so later, it was like going to heaven.

INS came in with the 747, and IRS with the 767, but I left the business before GPS (other than handheld units) became common. My son recently sent me a picture of a KC-135 instrument panel, and I almost didn't recognize it ... its glass screens are a far cry from the -A models I flew "way back when ".

 

Handheld analog flight planning computer/circular slide rule ...

http://www.acespilotshop.com/pilot-supplies/flight-computers/micro_e6b.htm

If you'd checked on Google, you wouldn't have had to ask.

 

I do not believe that the party asking the question is the one who needs to explain.

BB

 

Christer ...

Mea culpa.

I inferred from your remark about young pilots and GPS that you'd been around the traffic pattern a few times, so I assumed (unfairly, perhaps) that you'd be familiar with an E6-B.

I meant no offense when I suggested that you could have done a quick search on Google. It was intended, rather, as a suggestion that it's one of the best friends you can have (along with this forum, of course) in the never-ending search for information. If I caused you any embarrassment, I apologize.


BillyBob ...

That's probably the shortest message you've ever posted. What would you like to have explained?

 

The E6-B (I have NO idea why the designation) was originally military issue, but seems to have made its way into general aviation use, as well, in several different versions.

I had a flight in a sailplane once, at Elmira. The idea of being up there without any motive power was only slightly terrifying!

 

I found that a littie bit on the offensive side the way it is worded.

I did not feel it was an appropreate answer for a preferctly ligit question.

The 1st two lines in the reply would have been sufficent.

BB

 

The smilie with the wink ()was there for a reason.