Windows 7 - Two User Accounts or Dual Boot?

[Josh M.]

Well I just got Windows 7 and love it. I've setup two user accounts; one for general use and one for audio. I'm using Pro Tools and it's working well so far.

My question is, since I like to keep things organised, should I stick with two user accounts or a dual boot? I ask this because I want to optimize the operating system for audio but only do this when I am doing audio work. I thought user accounts would be the way to go but I soon realised that I can't disable the network on one user account but leave it working on the other.

Is there something I am missing? Is there a way to have individual settings for each account as I am looking for? Or should I just go the dual boot route?

Thanks for any help, I can't find any info on this using Google.

 

[drew_drummer]

Dual boot I'd say. Use one boot for admin and general usage, and the other boot for audio. Get something like Acronis TrueImage or whatever it's called... and use that to keep regular back-ups of your audio setup. If anything goes wrong, you can just roll back to an earlier image.

 

[Josh M.]

Thanks for the advice man. I figured dual would be better but I just found two users more convenient. I will definitely look into TrueImage.