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Re: Different users settings

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From: James Liles
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 00:00
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On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 21:31:11 GMT, "Jon"
<SPAM-LESSinbox@local.clara.co.uk> wrote:

:->I need to set up Win 98 to be used by two people...
:->...one is mentally disabled and is very prone to 'wrecking' the current set
:->up by way of deleting all sorts, the other is 'normal' but needs to use the
:->computer without this inconvenience.
:->
:->Is there any way that the HDD could be partitioned and then treated as two
:->completely separate drives so that the disabled person could use say drive
:->D: with no detrimental effect to C: which she would be denied access to?
:->She could have all the programs she needs installed to D: whilst the other
:->user would use C:
:->Could I use tweakUI to make C: invisible to the person using D: ?
:->
:->If this is not possible, how about having two partitions on the same drive,
:->both having Win98 on, with a boot manager allowing the facility to boot to
:->whatever drive, obviously the drive with the boot manager on would need to
:->be protected form the other user somehow (password protected screensaver in
:->startup folder?)
:->
:->Any thoughts please...?

Partition Magic 4.0 includes a nice boot manager that lets you do
that.
This supports using two partitions on the same drive or booting to a
second hard drive.

Information about Partition Magic is available at:
http://www.powerquest.com

I hope that this helps. 8-).

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Subject: Re: Different users settings
Date: 1999/03/03
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