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To: maceng2 who wrote (34856)	6/20/2003 7:40:53 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110603

ONE VARIABLE AT A TIME Let me agree with that 100%. There is no way to effectively troubleshoot a problematic update if you have done several at once. I am in the camp of reading thoroughly what each update is and determining whether you need it or not. There is absolutely no reason to download and install a fix or update for some program or process that you don't use. It doesn't take but a few minutes a week to manually check the Windows Update site to see if there is anything you need. Turn automatic updates off!

To: maceng2 who wrote (34856)	6/21/2003 6:48:11 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 110603

Administration question for Win XP home user. There are several users of our home PC and we all use different software bundles. The trouble is when one user loads and installs software, it also appears when other users turn on their accounts. Not only as a shortcut but also often auto loads on startup and appears in the task bar in the lower righthand corner. OK, you can unload it after start up but this is extremely tedious over the longer term. Surely there is a way to stop this??? I see there is a "hardware profile" facility in which you can load a profile for a particular hardware configuration. Surely you there is a way to load a particular software configuration at start up for an individual user, that might be different from other software sets used by other users on the same computer? I tried changing the start up menus for various users but this does not help.

To: maceng2 who wrote (34856)	6/22/2003 4:05:07 AM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110603

Don't do this or Instructions for "Evil Empire W2000" Messing around with your IT guy. Create a new shortcut on your desktop by alt selecting New Shortcut and typing microsoft.com and call it evil.lnk Open My Computer, go to Folder Options Go to File Associations and select New Type in lnk Say Yes Ok Associate all lnk files with Internet Explorer Funny huh? Now go to Folder Options Select New Type in lnk Say Yes OK heheheh Do this again so all lnk files are associated with FT00002 Call Help Desk Don't do this on your own computer, really.