Re: DVD disks driving me mad


"pmj" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> & i think *that's* where her main prob(s) lie!!!
> Cos Sandra, like so many other people using WinXP (especially WinXP
> Home) doesn't actually *use* a password to log on to her windoze
> Account!

I don't see the point. I know what would happen if I did. It would be like
when I got a new mobile ( as opposed to son's cast offs) it was suggested it
needed a password. Trouble is I've been known to switch it on, stick it in
my handbag, go out all day and never find out I've forgotten to enter the
password till I came home and took it out my handbag :-(

> Even though *all* WinXP Users (even if they don't think they do)
> *do* actually have what windoze calls a "User Account" & even though
> they *are* actually "Logging on" to it, when they Boot Up.
> & even though they *do* have a Password on their User Account, even if
> the PassWord is Blank.

Eh yes well when I figure that out I might understand it :-)

> The real prob is down to the business of making sure that the Workgroup
> (& Machine) Names are Set right on both (all) Machines & *also* that
> the User Accounts & passwords are Set right.
>
> If the User Accounts &/or PassWords aren't Set up right, then only a
> very limited amount of stuff (if any) - such as the "Shared Documents"
> Folder will be visible & available to the other Machines.

OK if you wanna play with my laptop I'll book a long session in the bike
sheds for *after* New Year, when I might just be completely happy with this
Medion :-)
--
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.


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