Computer Speed with Multiple Users

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loyle Author

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Computer Speed with Multiple Users

Hi,

I can't find anything on this topic and if do, its about PC. When I got my computer 2 years ago I

Processor 2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

I did my set up and opened it up as the primary user. Later, I was fooling about at the top right corner with my log in name and say 'user & groups' and unknowing to me, I opened another user. I was like 'hey thats so cool. I started working on this log in user and totally forgot the first one I set up. Month down

the line, I was just fooling around and noticed the top right menu and saw two names, and i learned I can switch over to two user accounts. Now I want to get rid of the first one.

1. Is there anyway I can transfer all from the first one to my second account so I delete the first one so I'll only have one account?

2. By having two users(my computer has been so slow sometimes even after clean installing and upgrading to Lion) does that slow down my computer? My friends(PC users) say yes, cause I'm using memory from the unused user and computer space. Is this true(I'm about to delete the first one) or it doesn't have anything to do with it?

3. Are the two iTunes from each user the same(I see the second one i made has more music) but I"m thinking its the same computer and music on the iTunes HD so how can that be?

Thanks

Posted on Feb 28, 2012 12:16 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Feb 28, 2012 12:21 PM in response to loyle

Transferring files from one User Account to another.

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Answer 2

loyle Author

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Feb 28, 2012 1:36 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks this was very useful Kappy.

Now, does anyone know that if i have two user accounts if it slows a computer down?

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Linc Davis

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Feb 28, 2012 1:45 PM in response to loyle

Merely having two users doesn't slow it down. If both users are doing things at the same time (one in the background or via remote control), there could be a slowdown.

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Kappy

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Feb 28, 2012 1:56 PM in response to loyle

You can simply log out of the user account you aren't using and log into the one you want. You can still access the data of that account to effect a transfer per the link provided after which you can just delete the unwanted account.

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Answer 5

Király

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Feb 28, 2012 2:05 PM in response to loyle

Don't delete the second user account! Keep it around. Everyone should have a spare admin account. Three big reasons:

Sometims user accounts get borked and you can't log in to them. A spare account can save your bacon if this happens.
A spare account is also useful for troubleshooting misbehaving apps. If an app misbehaves in one account, try it in the other, to see if it is a user account problem or a system wide problem.
A spare admin account also allows you to run your everyday account as a non-admin user. Running unnecessarily as admin is bad security practice, since everything you do, every app you run, runs with elevated admin privileges. Apple's security guidelines say to use a non-admin account for everyday use and use and admin account only for tasks that require it.

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