Admin, 2000, users, printers

[jcnj6]

Greetings

I just purchased a used laptop with Windows 2000 (my first 2K)

I signed on as Administrator (the default) and installed my programs and transfered my data files

I then found out I should have created a user first as I cannot access most of my stuff as a user

I have a peer to peer network at home

I have to sign onto NT at work to use their printers

I seem to have to create a new user to log onto NT (with my log-on identity)

Any printers installed on one user cannot be accessed by other users (all users are myself)

"My Documents" files are not accessable on other user names.

I also use an Activesync with an iPaq pocket PC which can only be sync'd by the administrator

I know that I am not seeing the simple solution on how to manage users, data and resources

I need to know when to copy/paste (start menu), reinstall for each user, or use admin powers to allow access to programs and data.

Or should I delete users, unistall programs, and start fresh as a new user?

I have searched several forums, the microsoft database, checked in books, but cannot find instructions on how to handle this situation

I would like a manual or other resource I can check back to as needed.

To restate:

I am and will be the only user

I need to separately sign onto peer-to-peer or NT network

Thanks to all who respond

Rich J

[Scarecrow Man]

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_...ls/w2kuser.html

And yes you should have created a user first. It's always a good idea to leave the administrator account for just that; Administrative purposes. It is not a huge problem though.

Read the link I've provided as well as this, http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8...le+Search&meta=

Ah the wonders of Google :D