How to use multiple users option!!!!

[wildgrl7]

I really need your guys help! I have been sharing one account with my entire family for quite awhile, so I have all of my files there. Now, Ive finally decided to make my own account.

So, I did that, and now I dont know how to get all of my files over to that new account!!!!!!! Can someone please help me?!?!

Oh, and another question. Does having multiple users slow down your computer at all, or take up any extra space?

thnx

[Ant]

Yes, having multiple users will take up extra space; for their user specific data, documents and so on, but no, it doesn't slow it down.

If you've made your personal account an "Administer" account, you can navigate to your files in Windows Explorer and cut and paste them into your own documents. Making your account an Administrator account allows you access to all the files and you can install and uninstall programs too.

Open Explorer, Expand C: drive, Expand Documents and Settings, Expand Administrator, Expand My Documents and you should see your documents (I assume they're in a folder with your name?), cut or copy and paste them into your personal documents - navigate to your user name and then your "My Documents" folder.

But, if you are the main user, why not keep yourself as the Administrator, and make seperate user accounts for your mum, dad, brother etc?

[Ant]

Oops plus of course being the System Administrator sounds really cool and you can always threaten your family members with disabling their account unless they're nice to you