How does Windows XP manage multiple users and how do I set them up?
Windows XP (as with Windows 2000 and NT) has NATIVE support for multiple users. Each user account is 99% INDEPENDENT from ALL the other user accounts. Account A does NOT interfere/mess with Account B. Therefore, when you create an account, it will have it’s own settings (desktop shortcuts, My Documents folder, appearance settings, etc…) ONLY Computer wide settings are reflected in all accounts. Example: You change the computer time, ALL of the accounts will have the changed time. You reconfigure a printer in the Hardware Manager, ALL of the accounts will have the change. You install a program like Microsoft Word, ALL the accounts can use Microsoft Word (if you let them). These are system wide settings. Open up My Computer, double click your main hard drive (usually Local Disk C), then double click “Documents and Settings”. In this folder, are more subfolders of all the user accounts on your computer. For example, if you have the following user accounts: Mom, Dad and The Kids, you wil
