Windows 7 Control Panel Users different from Windows Explorer Users?

Guest is a special account that doesn't have a profile in C:\Users and it's generally disabled. There is also a built-in Administrator account which is also disabled by default. Public is not really a user, but items added in that folder are available to all users and it requires admin rights to modify. If you are looking at the computer remotely you may not be able to even see user "Holly" unless specifically given Read rights to it, or it has to do with the way homegroups work which isn't something I'm very familiar with. That or Holly is just the display name and "Owner" is really the account

@Bud: You may already be somewhat aware of how Homegroups work in Win7/8x/10, but they combine the best features of P2P (Peer-to-Peer networking) and LAN networking. There are some very good tutorials on the Homegroup networking features which were developed with the advent of Windows7. Here's a good one: Link Removed.

@Neemo: One of the biggest reasons that people use Homegroups (used to be Workgroups) in home networks is the concept of P2P sharing over a LAN is really a "server-less" technology concept. Few home users have the expertise, knowledge or willingness to build their own network server and the time and effort that it takes to maintain it. As you're no doubt aware, Domain account management is full-time job in a business with 5 or more computers in their network. Most home users have no desire to be spending 40 hrs. a week handling all the complexities of moving computers around on the LAN, repairing those computers, and managing networks, protocol topology issues, etc. Homegroups seeks to simplify this for the average home user, and does a pretty good job IMO. Not perfect, but pretty good.

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I agree with Neemobeer and CmdrKeene. You can always check to see what the user profile directory is by loging in as the user and going to command prompt. It starts in the user directory.