$HOME var

[Anthony G]

Hello,

I have a minor problem with Emacs for windows. Emacs works great on my Linux 
system at home, but at College where I spend a considerable amount of time 
coding, I have to use windows 2000.
The problem is as follows; Windows environment variables are set & locked on 
login. I can't add or change them, and command.exe is locked out. $HOME, for 
some FUBAR reason, is set to C:\, yet I don't have write permission FOR C:\. 
This means when I'm halfway through editing a file, emacs tries to save 
'.emacs.d' (or similar) to C: every microsecond. It doesn't hang, but It's so 
occupied in saving the file, that I need to enter commands quickly. I can't 
disable it in .emacs, because I can't save anything to $HOME (C:\), including 
.emacs.
Can I change $HOME in the emacs lisp files, or even an argument?

I'm an *ex* vim user, and enjoy learning emacs, but not being able to use emacs 
instead of the lame IDE that comes with the College's Java package, is a 
problem that needs to be resolved.


Thanks,

/Tony