Re: I CAN'T ACCESS MY PROFILE

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From: Brollysj (victor_at_ipools.net)
Date: 03/05/04


Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:12:41 -0500

Guys last night I reloaded WinXP in to a separate folder, after doing this I
was able to take full ownership of my profile. I guess that my old install
was corrupted some how beacause it never allow me to take full ownership.

thank you all for your great help :)

"Blare Sutton" <blare@stability.com.au> wrote in message
news:XxV1c.87752$Wa.63001@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Just because your user account is gone doesn't mean you can't access the
> software on your laptop. Any profile with decent priveledges should be
able
> to run the software. As for your files, an account on the laptop with
> administrator permissions will be able to either access the folders or
take
> ownership of the folders and then change the permissions on the files.
>
> Alternatively, boot your laptop off a Knoppix CD and copy your files to an
> external USB drive.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Blare
>
> "Ray at <%=sLocation%> [MVP]" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in
> message news:OQx7cTjAEHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Please do not multipost. Message appears in at least 9 other groups.
> >
> > Ray at work
> >
> > "Brollysj" <victor@ipools.net> wrote in message
> > news:uRaNLLjAEHA.640@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > HI I NEED SOME SERIOUS HELP!
> > >
> > > My problem is a little complicated
> > >
> > > This is my scenario, I have a 2.4MHz laptop with WindowsXP and SP1,
> that
> > it
> > > used to be part of XYZ.com Domain, when I had my laptop join to the
> Domain
> > I
> > > went to my profile and deleted every other user from the security tap
> > > excepted my network login for XYZ.com. (FYI_ I did this because I
caught
> a
> > > few of the administrator trying to connect to my PC over the network)
> > >
> > > Now my problem is that I left the company I forgot to add another user
> to
> > my
> > > profile and I removed my laptop off the XYZ.com Domain
> > >
> > > Since I left the company and my user account was deleted, that SID is
> > gone.
> > > I spoke to one of the Administrator to recreated my account and to let
> me
> > > rejoin the Domain but it didn't work (I rejoined the network through
> VPN).
> > > Even after doing this I couldn't get into my files because the server
> > issued
> > > my account a different SID than the previous one.
> > >
> > > I also try to give another user rights to that folder and subfolder
> using
> > > NTright.exe but it didn't work. The error message was that the SID was
> > > missing or to add the SID for the user.
> > >
> > > I will really appreciate if someone knows of some software or a way to
> > hack
> > > back into my folder and give access to another user so that I can
access
> > my
> > > old profile.
> > >
> > > I have about 5 years worth of work and lots of software under this
> > profile.
> > > Feel free to reply if you need more info and with the answer to my
> > nightmare
> > >
> > > THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



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