1) EDIT WITH NOTEPAD AND CHANGE "USERNAME" TO THE USER'S USERNAME AND DELETE THESE INSTRUCTION 2) SAVE THESE CHANGES 3) PIN SYSTEMS TOOLS/SCHEDULED TASKS TO START MENU 4) RUN SYSTEM TOOLS/BACKUP PROGRAM SELECT BACKUP TAB 5) SELECT TOOLS/OPTIONS/EXCLUDE FILES TAB UNDER FILES EXCLUDED FOR ALL USERS ENTER .MSF FOR THE ENTIRE DRIVE 6) OPEN THIS FILE JOB/LOAD SELECTIONS MY DOCUMENTS/BACKUP JOB/BACKUP.BKS 7) ADD TO BACKUPS APPLICATION DATA FOR A) PREFS.JS, BOOKMARKS.HTML/FAVORITES, & COOKIES.TXT/COOKIES (IE, MOZILLA, & FIREFOX) B) THUNDERBIRD ABOOK.MAB, PREFS.JS, & USER.JS C) IF USER HAS RULES THEN msgFilterRules.dat UNDER THEIR IMAPMAIL STRUCTURE 8) VERIFY WITH USER THEY ARE NOT USING TRASH AND SENT AS AN ARCHIVE AND IF NOT EXCLUDE THOSE FROM BACKUP ROUTINE 8) SAVE THESE CHANGES JOB/SAVE SELECTIONS 9) BUILD "Daily Backup" SCHEDULED TASK 10) BUILD "Weekly Full Backup" SCHEDULED TASK --------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Favorites\ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Cookies\ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Albums\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Data Sources\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Downloads\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My eBooks\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Magazines\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Pictures\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Videos\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\Email\Sent.sbd\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\Email\Trash.sbd\ /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\Email\Sent /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\Email\Sent.msf /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\Email\Trash /Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\Email\Trash.msf /Exclude c:\Data C:\Data\Email\Sent.sbd\ /Exclude C:\Data\Email\Trash.sbd\ /Exclude C:\Data\Email\Sent /Exclude C:\Data\Email\Sent.msf /Exclude C:\Data\Email\Trash /Exclude C:\Data\Email\Trash.msf /Exclude