XP, Object Desktop, and Various Accounts
Sunday, February 8, 2004 by mschwartz | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Dumb, novice-type question... downloaded and installed OD in my administrator account on an XP-Pro computer. Love it.
So now my kids want me to skin their desktop. Even if I make that login a (temporary) administrator account, I can't get it to behave. I can get the wallpaper to change, but can't apply any WindowBlinds themes at all! What am I missing???thanks...
PurrBall
Reply #2 Monday, February 9, 2004 7:34 AM
Reply #2 Monday, February 9, 2004 7:34 AM
Try installing OD in their account. But be sure to put it in their account folder. This makes it so it won't overwrite.
mschwartz
Reply #3 Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:01 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:01 PM
Could you tell me which is their account folder? I tried installing into Documents and Settings/Kids/ and OD created a Stardock Central folder in there - but as far as I could tell, all the actual components went off to their "usual" spots (where they already were) - it never gave me any other chance to specify a location. And it still wouldn't behave (for instance, I can't use WindowBlinds). So I uninstalled it, which then messed up my original installation, which I then reinstalled, so I'm now back where I was...
This may just not be a possible thing to do, but if anyone else has a suggestion, I'd be grateful.
This may just not be a possible thing to do, but if anyone else has a suggestion, I'd be grateful.
Hy_Rolr
Reply #5 Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:16 PM
I'm not sure if this will help you or not.
I set up my computer with me as the Admin and my wife on a Limited Account and with this set-up I can log on to her account and go to her desktop and see the WB icon in the systray, I open it and configure the WB for her desktop then I log out and it saves the settings I made for her, therefore we have different desktops to suit our taste.
Hope this helps
Reply #5 Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:16 PM
| mschwartz |
I'm not sure if this will help you or not.
I set up my computer with me as the Admin and my wife on a Limited Account and with this set-up I can log on to her account and go to her desktop and see the WB icon in the systray, I open it and configure the WB for her desktop then I log out and it saves the settings I made for her, therefore we have different desktops to suit our taste.
Hope this helps
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Reply #1 Monday, February 9, 2004 5:48 AM