XP Pro reinstall, Administrator acct, software not showing for other users.

[bt]

I have a clean reinstall of Win XP Pro with the administrator account. I loaded excel, word, outlook, etc. (I am wanting to resell this laptop)

When I created a new user, those programs are not showing up. Did I miss something?
How do I get the software programs to show for all users created? (now and in the future)
I would like to delete the 'new user' account I created but it has administrator rights also. How do I delete that account?

Thanks for ALL your help!

[bt]

I think I figured it out. I did an explore, found the "all users" folder. opened up the administrators folder, copied the programs folder to the "all users" folder and seemed OK.

Later I wanted to do a defrag, I had no room. My drive was completely used up! 6GB. So back to formating the drive and reinstalling.... augh!

[racerboybmw]

Istall your users first then the programs - all users will have access to the programs installed while the same users are programmed. If you later install a user they can use files installed after or common files.

[Budfred]

My experience with XP is that each user requires a lot of hard drive space... If you put back all users, you will probably fill up the space again...

[Paul Komski]

I would like to delete the 'new user' account I created but it has administrator rights also. How do I delete that account?
Ensure that you are not still logged on as that user and log on to another adminstrator account. Pick the Account to Change under Control Panel's "User Accounts" and take the option to delete it.

Simply creating additional accounts takes up about 1MB; this would obvioulsly expand over time and as personal files were added to its folders.


From WinXP's own Info: Users with limited accounts cannot always install programs. Depending on the program, a user might need administrator privileges to install it.

Also, programs designed prior to Windows XP or Windows 2000 might not work properly with limited accounts For best results, choose programs bearing the Designed for Windows XP logo, or, to run older programs, choose the computer administrator account type.

In my experience installing Office (after users have been created) has always been accessible to such users (admin or limited or guest); even when the version of Office (eg 97) has been older than WinXP.

Some programs will prompt you whether they should be made available to other users or not.

Directly moving the shortcuts around in the individual and all users folders can be problematic and not work as intended. It is better to make any such changes (if allowed) from the Start Button's Classic Start Menu (Advanced).