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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser.
Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? |
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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
On 08/15/2010 07:04 AM, Ed wrote:
I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser. Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? when you log onto your profile just set Opera as the default browser when your made logs on to their profile simply have them set Firefox as their default browser |
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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
On 15/08/10 14:29, philo wrote:
On 08/15/2010 07:04 AM, Ed wrote: I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser. Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? when you log onto your profile just set Opera as the default browser when your made logs on to their profile simply have them set Firefox as their default browser Yes, but we keep having to swap over each time. Is there not a way to preserve settings in the profile? |
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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
On 08/15/2010 09:08 AM, Ed wrote:
On 15/08/10 14:29, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 07:04 AM, Ed wrote: I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser. Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? when you log onto your profile just set Opera as the default browser when your made logs on to their profile simply have them set Firefox as their default browser Yes, but we keep having to swap over each time. Is there not a way to preserve settings in the profile? so you are saying that the settings in one profile affect the settings in the *other* profile? |
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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
On 15/08/10 18:11, philo wrote:
On 08/15/2010 09:08 AM, Ed wrote: On 15/08/10 14:29, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 07:04 AM, Ed wrote: I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser. Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? when you log onto your profile just set Opera as the default browser when your made logs on to their profile simply have them set Firefox as their default browser Yes, but we keep having to swap over each time. Is there not a way to preserve settings in the profile? so you are saying that the settings in one profile affect the settings in the *other* profile? yes , exactly. how to overcome that? |
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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message
o.uk... On 15/08/10 18:11, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 09:08 AM, Ed wrote: On 15/08/10 14:29, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 07:04 AM, Ed wrote: I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser. Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? snip so you are saying that the settings in one profile affect the settings in the *other* profile? yes , exactly. how to overcome that? I don't think there is a way to do so. The default browser is a system-wide setting, even in XP. There's a third-party tool to work around it in XP only, but I have not seen one for Win98 You may be able to work out a batch file to change the default back and forth at each user log-in...still, it's the same as manually changing it as far as the effect. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |
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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
On 16/08/10 14:29, glee wrote:
"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message o.uk... On 15/08/10 18:11, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 09:08 AM, Ed wrote: On 15/08/10 14:29, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 07:04 AM, Ed wrote: I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser. Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? snip so you are saying that the settings in one profile affect the settings in the *other* profile? yes , exactly. how to overcome that? I don't think there is a way to do so. The default browser is a system-wide setting, even in XP. There's a third-party tool to work around it in XP only, but I have not seen one for Win98 You may be able to work out a batch file to change the default back and forth at each user log-in...still, it's the same as manually changing it as far as the effect. OKs .. no real problem. Have to live wif that. Just wondered if there were a 'modern' solution . So, I will continue to set Firefox as default browser as ma mate, he really prefers that. I continue to use Opera, but it's only a problem like when I click on a link in an email and Firefox starts up. Ed |
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How to set up different default browser on multi user Pc
On 08/16/2010 09:03 AM, Ed wrote:
On 16/08/10 14:29, glee wrote: "Ed" ex@directory wrote in message o.uk... On 15/08/10 18:11, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 09:08 AM, Ed wrote: On 15/08/10 14:29, philo wrote: On 08/15/2010 07:04 AM, Ed wrote: I prefer atm to use Opera 10.60 as my default browser. Ma mate still prefers Firefox 3.6.8. We share same PC with separate user profiles. How can we independently each set up preferred browser without overwriting each others preferences? Is this possible in Windows 98SE? snip so you are saying that the settings in one profile affect the settings in the *other* profile? yes , exactly. how to overcome that? I don't think there is a way to do so. The default browser is a system-wide setting, even in XP. There's a third-party tool to work around it in XP only, but I have not seen one for Win98 You may be able to work out a batch file to change the default back and forth at each user log-in...still, it's the same as manually changing it as far as the effect. OKs .. no real problem. Have to live wif that. Just wondered if there were a 'modern' solution . So, I will continue to set Firefox as default browser as ma mate, he really prefers that. I continue to use Opera, but it's only a problem like when I click on a link in an email and Firefox starts up. Ed If it's real important to you just install Win98 on a second partition and dual boot |
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