XP Pro User Access

[steviejay]

Got some questions if anyone can answer them

1) is there anyway to create a limited account for another user on my computer (brother) so that even though he has a limited account he cannot do basic things such as loaded up the Display settings. This feature tends to be used on alot of computers in the public domain (such as Colleges, Libraries etc)

2) is there a way for me to change the screen resolution on one account while keeping another resolution on another account. the last time I tried this it changed the resolution across the board...

 

[Speedo]

1. Start>Settings>Control Panel>User Accounts, which has an option to create a new account and to make it limited.

2. AFAIK desktop resolution is a global setting.

 

[Chairman Meow]

2. AFAIK desktop resolution is a global setting.

Yes, in XP and 2000 it is a global setting. Oddly enough, it was an account-level setting in Win98, so that different accounts could be set to different screen resolutions.

 

[steviejay]

damn, oh well. I guess I'll just delete the limited access account and just keep one Admin account