Changing settings based on user

[squirellplaying]

My mom is perticular about the way her desktop looks and it drives me and my brother insane that we have put up with her 800x600 resolution. Is there a way so that when ever my brother or I log on the screen resolution changes to 1024x768 and when we log off it goes back to 800x600?

[Jason]

all that should be accomplished with the user login settings, that should be user specific. What os are you using?


Jason

[squirellplaying]

XP home.

[Jason]

do you have different user profiles set up for you and the rest of your family?


Jason

[squirellplaying]

Yes, we each have our own profile.

[craigt56]

Microsoft says you can't:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281565


They say for a little money you can:

http://www.bytegems.com/resman.shtml?drm3

From the sound of things you might want to get this program :cool:

[sweenster]

???
i have winXP set up with multi user profiles & different screen res. works fine

I have used tweakUI and a few other things on the registry so maybe that explains why.

[squirellplaying]

Hmmm I'd rather not spend money on something so trivial as this.

sweenster - do you know which program allowed you to do it? I could not find an option like that in tweakUI.

[Jason]

how about tweakXP....check that prog..don't know what it has but it might be worth looking into


Jason

[sweenster]

I'm not sure how it works... all i know is that when i change profile at the "loading personal settings bit" the screen goes black while the resolution changes. Afterwards if loads my individal settings as normal

[Basscyst]

Does that for me as well. Perhaps it is a difference between pro and home?

[craigt56]

Squirrel, here's a free Display Resolution Manager:

http://www.sharewareriver.com/product.php?id=796

Make your mother happy...