You can set up different profiles in XP home so that Mom and Dad can have seperate desktops from the kids. There are a lot of options for home, personally my XP home edition on my home PC doesn't ask for anything, and I think I chose that option when I upgraded using the wizard. I am not at home now so I can't remember the commands. I did get this from http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm
"To open the User Accounts tool, open Control Panel from the Start menu, and then double click User Accounts.
To create a new user account, follow these steps:
1. Click "Create a new account" in the "Pick a task" list box.
2. Type the name that you want to use for the account, and then click Next.
3. Select the desired account type, and then click Create Account.
To make changes to an account, follow these steps:
1. Click "Change an account" in the "Pick a task" list box.
2. Click the account that you want to change.
3. Select the item that you would like to change:
- Click "Change the name" to change the name that appears on the Welcome screen for the account.
- Click "Change the picture" to change the picture that is used to represent the user account. You can use any image file on the computer for the user's picture.
- Click "Change the account type" to change the account type to increase or decrease the user's rights on the computer.
- Click "Create/change the password" to create or change the password for the user and create or change the password hint.
- Click "Delete the account" to delete the user account from the computer. When you delete the account, you are given the
option to save the user's files on the computer.
Note: You can not delete the account for a user that is currently logged on to the computer."
