setup for multiple users

new to office suite so please bear with me

currently use xpsp2 home as "admin" with kids as 3
separate users working with works 2003 suite.
i have always used use outlook express for mail and news
reader and removed shortcuts to it from other accounts
start menu which allowed me not to password protect it (i
do have my xp home logon password protected) hasn't been
a problem until...

i now have to install office 2003 pro for all users
(college and high school users) and i want to start using
outlook (with BCM) for my mail along with possibly
letting the other accounts use outlook also if needed
since it was their need for excel,powerpoint and
publisher that made me go out and buy it.

is there a way to setup so i don't have to enter a
password each time i open outlook to access my account?

can 4 users have separate outlook accounts that when
users open it only accesses their accounts?
or am i better off letting them continue to use web based
email (hotmail) and if the latter how can i install
office 2003 pro so only myself gets outlook? again this
is on xp home sp2.

thanx

Hi, chevysales,

As long as you have individual user accounts on your Windows XP, installing
Outlook will install it for each user's profile separately. They will not
be able to access your Outlook profile, and vice-versa.

Your Outlook Express account settings should be migrated over, but you will
need to create new account settings in Outlook for the Hotmail user
accounts, since they don't exist on the system anywhere. You will do this
by logging them in, launching Outlook, and choosing Tools | E-mail accounts.

You can go to the same menu item to manage your own e-mail account and have
it remember the password to your e-mail server.

Hope that helps--

--
Susan Ramlet
MVP - Office

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"chevysales" wrote in message
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new to office suite so please bear with me

currently use xpsp2 home as "admin" with kids as 3
separate users working with works 2003 suite.
i have always used use outlook express for mail and news
reader and removed shortcuts to it from other accounts
start menu which allowed me not to password protect it (i
do have my xp home logon password protected) hasn't been
a problem until...

i now have to install office 2003 pro for all users
(college and high school users) and i want to start using
outlook (with BCM) for my mail along with possibly
letting the other accounts use outlook also if needed
since it was their need for excel,powerpoint and
publisher that made me go out and buy it.

is there a way to setup so i don't have to enter a
password each time i open outlook to access my account?

can 4 users have separate outlook accounts that when
users open it only accesses their accounts?
or am i better off letting them continue to use web based
email (hotmail) and if the latter how can i install
office 2003 pro so only myself gets outlook? again this
is on xp home sp2.

thanx