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Answer» My questions are pretty simple. Exactly what do hardware PROFILES and user accounts govern? It's not something I've messed around with very much so excuse my ignorance please. For example: If I had TWO hardware profiles, call them A and B, and I booted up with profile A and installed a driver for a mouse, if I then booted with profile B would the driver for the mouse still be installed for that profile? And user accounts: some programs have an option during setup to install for only one user. If they don't, is there a way to uninstall it for user C but still have it installed for user D? Settings: are all the settings global, ie across hardware profiles and user accounts, or are they all independent? I hope these questions make SENSE, and I hope that someone can clarify the situation for me. Thanks in advance. Calum.Can't answer all your questions but I can give a few of them a shot. Quote from: Calum on September 08, 2007, 05:23:56 AM And user accounts: some programs have an option during setup to install for only one user. If they don't, is there a way to uninstall it for user C but still have it installed for user D? Not to my knowledge. When you install a piece of software for "all users" it just means the shortcuts will be PLACED in the All Users folder, making them visible to all users. Quote from: Calum on September 08, 2007, 05:23:56 AM Settings: are all the settings global, ie across hardware profiles and user accounts, or are they all independent? Depends on the setting ... I believe all the settings that have to do with look and feel of windows is on a per user basis. While others such as the ones in the Group policy editor can be global. The settings for your NIC are also global as far as I know.The mouse should work in bot and if it doesnt you would have to install it again for that profile i think...?OK, it looks complicated. And if I don't know exactly what will change between profiles, I can't be bothered to spend all my time finding out what changes and what doesn't. Thansk for your help guys, I think I'll just stick with my 1 hardware profile and 1 user ACCOUNT.

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My questions are pretty simple.
Exactly what do hardware PROFILES and user accounts govern?
It's not something I've messed around with very much so excuse my ignorance please.
For example: If I had TWO hardware profiles, call them A and B, and I booted up with profile A and installed a driver for a mouse, if I then booted with profile B would the driver for the mouse still be installed for that profile?
And user accounts: some programs have an option during setup to install for only one user. If they don't, is there a way to uninstall it for user C but still have it installed for user D?
Settings: are all the settings global, ie across hardware profiles and user accounts, or are they all independent?

I hope these questions make SENSE, and I hope that someone can clarify the situation for me.

Thanks in advance.
Calum.Can't answer all your questions but I can give a few of them a shot.
Quote from: Calum on September 08, 2007, 05:23:56 AM

And user accounts: some programs have an option during setup to install for only one user. If they don't, is there a way to uninstall it for user C but still have it installed for user D?

Not to my knowledge. When you install a piece of software for "all users" it just means the shortcuts will be PLACED in the All Users folder, making them visible to all users.

Quote from: Calum on September 08, 2007, 05:23:56 AM

Settings: are all the settings global, ie across hardware profiles and user accounts, or are they all independent?

Depends on the setting ... I believe all the settings that have to do with look and feel of windows is on a per user basis. While others such as the ones in the Group policy editor can be global. The settings for your NIC are also global as far as I know.The mouse should work in bot and if it doesnt you would have to install it again for that profile i think...?OK, it looks complicated.
And if I don't know exactly what will change between profiles, I can't be bothered to spend all my time finding out what changes and what doesn't.
Thansk for your help guys, I think I'll just stick with my 1 hardware profile and 1 user ACCOUNT.

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