Re: adding and deleting icons on desktop for limited accounts
From: Tom (t.andersen_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/15/04
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:06:06 -0700
Thanks!. The shortcuts were in All Users, but you gave me
the hint of how to find that, hadn't even tried Windows
Explorer.
Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not an expert, but I noticed you did not get a
response yet, so I'll
>help. You just log in as Administrator, and navigate to
her profile (the
>folder with her user name, under Documents and Settings)
using Windows
>Explorer (not Internet Explorer). There's a subfolder
in her profile named
>Desktop and another named Programs (under Start Menu).
You should find the
>shortcuts (icons) there, and remove them from both
subfolders. Maybe the
>reason you did not get a response is because this
newsgroup is for security
>problems. Next time try the WindowsXP.Basics newsgroup
for basic problems
>setting up user accounts.
>
>"tom andersen" <t.andersen@earthlink.net> wrote in
message
>news:1bd8101c451ac$df0184e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>I have administrative account on my home XP pc. I've set
>up a limited acount for my kid, but can't find the option
>to change icons on desktop under her log in. When I try
>to delete an icon, I'm told I don't have privledges. How
>do I log in as me (administrator) and get to her desktop
>so that I have priledges to change desktop?
>
>
>.
>
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