Aqua-Soft ForumsI really need some help, on seperating my preferences from my other family members accounts on my XP.. My sister dislikes my 1024x768 screen resolution display on my account, and she finds it a hassle to have to change it every time she logs in to her account to find the 1024x768 display on her account. Is there a way to totally seperate my account settings and her account settings on XP?
Seperating preferences from multiple accounts
HA! I have the same problem here. never found an appropriate solution unfortunately 
Well, can anyone help?
You're a new member, so you don't realize that if Ave can't do it, no one can.
However, you could see if there's a batch file solution, and then set it to run on each person's startup. Find a batch file (or write one, combining several) that will set your preferences to how you like it, and hers to how she likes it. Then, just stick them in a folder (under All Users, preferably), and set one to run on a certain users Startup.
^Did that make sense^?
-NC
eh? sorta...>_>
But there must be some kind of preference to set it that way? Bah, I'll see what I can do
Nope. The display setting is a system-only preference. If I have time, I'll whip up a quick program that will change your screen resolution for you.
http://web.mit.edu/acs/windows/perlscripts.html#cmr
put the batchfile in each users startup folder, changing the resolution as appropriate for each user.
http://web.mit.edu/acs/windows/perlscripts.html#cmrput the batchfile in each users startup folder, changing the resolution as appropriate for each user.
Now THAT is exactly what I meant. See? 
-NC
http://web.mit.edu/acs/windows/perlscripts.html#cmrput the batchfile in each users startup folder, changing the resolution as appropriate for each user.
very very nice, thanks you very much... needed this
Nope. The display setting is a system-only preference. If I have time, I'll whip up a quick program that will change your screen resolution for you.
http://web.mit.edu/acs/windows/perlscripts.html#cmrput the batchfile in each users startup folder, changing the resolution as appropriate for each user.
PWNZRZED! 
Okay, okay, got me 
And it's good; I didn't have access to the MSDN Library, so I couldn't change resolutions in .NET 
Sorry, I am extremely clueless on how to use the:
c:
win.mit.edudfsMSIACSTscriptsmultiresMultiRes.exe
/1:1280,1024,32,75 /exit
win.mit.edudfsMSIACSTscriptsmultiresMultiRes.exe
/2:1280,1024,32,75 /exit
and apply it. What do I do with it?
Place MultiRes.exe in a folder
Create a .txt file, linking to that MultiRes.exe file. Right below it place
/1:1280,1024,32,75 /exit
Change 1280,1024 to your desired resolution (1024,768).
Leave 32 and 75 as it is--I suspect that refers to 32 million colors, and 75mHz refresh rate.
On second though, change 75 to whatever is shown when you go Desktop Properties-->Settings-->Advanced-->Monitor--> The screen refresh rate.
Ok, now save that. Change the extension for .txt to .bat (make sure show file extensions is checked under Folder Options). Stick that file somewhere, and set it to run on your startup. Make another copy with a different resolution, and set it to run on her startup. If you need help with that part, post again and I'll help you.
Hope this helps!
-NC
Before I ask my questions, I just want to apologize for my ignorance in these kind of things.
First, Do I just place the installer for Multires.exe on my computer? Or do I actually have to install it first and then place the program icon into the folder?
What I did was: I went into Notepad and then opened Multires.exe . A bunch of numbers and letters popped up, and I just put /1:1280,1024,32,75 /exit, at the end of it and changed the numbers like you said. Am I doing it correctly?
Lastly, if I am doing it correctly, I want to know how to change it into a .bat file. I unclicked the option to hide known file extensions. But when click the dropdown menu to view what to save it as another format all I get is, "text document .txt" and "All Files" as my only options.
Lastly, how would I set it to run on startup? Place it in my startup folder?
nevermind, wrong thread
alright, thanks Nightcrawler, my AIM SN is A Roman Muffin. My MSN is romanmuffin@hotmail.com.
I know this is a really old post. But I'm having problems with this. My gramps can't read the font when my resolution is at 1600x1200. But thats how I like it. And he *****s at me cause hes a blind old bastard. He wants the res at 1024x768.
Now, I did link the file to :
c:
Program FilesMultiresMultiRes.exe
/1:1024,768,32,75 /exit
I placed that in the docs and settings folder/my gramps account/Start menu/startup. But it doesn't seem to be working(that directory may not be exact). Help anyone?
Much appreciated in advanced.
Hey, be nice to your grandfather .
When you run the following in the command line, what shows up? I hope you removed the line break between C: and the .
c:
Program FilesMultiresMultiRes.exe
/1:1024,768,32,75 /exit
-NC