Re: Changed Name & Lost Access

In news:3CA6B08D-E02B-4C3C-AB7F-BF92056AAE7F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Thomas <Thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hello, Ace:
I have been trying to solve the issue by reading my MSFT Press books
on Win2K Pro. The "name" involved is the USER NAME. It was set by
the IBM vendor as "Preferred Customer". No password was required on
boot-up. When I changed it from Preferred Customer to my name, I
wrote down EXACTLY as I typed my name. But, even so, I also made
sure NOT to ck. any box requiring a password screen. On next
boot-up, it should NOT have popped-up a log-in screen and required a
password. I am miffed. I cannot regain the configuration I've been
working w/ for several years. When I type in ADMINISTRATOR & hit
ENTER, I get a whole new user configuration. I cannot figure out how
to get my old user configuration & eliminate the new log-on/password
pop-up that did not exist before. THAT is the problem. Thank you
very much for attempting to assist me.

It will only pop up with a logon box if two factors are set:
Multiple users are created o rexists and fast user switching is disabled.
The default administrator account is a user account and if you have fast
user switching disabled, then both will come up on the blie XP logon screen.
Server does not do this but rather get the Windows security box. You can set
XP in a non-domain environment to use this method too.

Honestly, with all due respect, this is the first time I've ever heard of
such a thing in the numerous years I've been in this business,

How about this, just create another user account, put it in the
administrator goup, logon as it, then logoff (so it creates a profile), then
log back on as administrator, right-click on My Computer, choose properties,
Advanced, User profiles, and copy the "Preferred Customer" profile to the
new user account you just created. If you are not sure which profile is the
"Preferred Customer" profile, it will be the one with the largest size. Then
logon as the new user account.

Ace


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