Re: Creating a user
From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 06/01/04
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Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:34:37 +1000
"Alan Illeman" <illemann@surfbest.net> wrote in message
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> > "Alan Illeman" <illemann@surfbest.net> wrote in message
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> > > > "Alan Illeman" <illemann@surfbest.net> wrote in message
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> > > > > I seem to have a real problem creating a user and assigning
> > > > > it a profile, instead the system (Win2K Pro SP.4 single user)
> > > > > overrides with a profile of its own choosing.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been running at Administrator (have changed name & PW)
> > > > > for some time, tweaking the system and I would like to create
> > > > > e.g. a poweruser and let it inherit or get a copy of the Admin's
> > > > > profile - so that I don't have to setup IE, OE, Dialup, etc
> > > > > and my programming stuff, all over again. Is it possible to do
that?
> > > > >
> > > > > Once I'm satisfied that this new user can run all my programs, I'd
> > > > > then want to discontinue many of these tasks by the Admin, and
> > > > > just use it for - er - Admin.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > Alan
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thanks, I appreciate this. Just a few comments and questions. . .
> > >
> > > > Here is one way to do this:
> > > > 1. Log on as admin.
> > >
> > > Done.
> > >
> > > > 2. Delete all your temporary internet files. You might have
thousands.
> > >
> > > I have a batch file that cleans this thoroughly.
> > >
> > > > 3. Move every shortcut from the Administrator's desktop folder to
> > > > the "All Users" desktop folder.
> > >
> > > Done.
> > >
> > > > 4. Move every shortcut from the Administrator's "Start Menu" folder
to
> > > > the "All Users" Start Menu" folder.
> > >
> > > Done.
> > >
> > > > 5. Create a second admin account. (You should have two of them
> > > > anyway, in case the first one goes bad for some reason).
> > >
> > > Good advice. Done.
> > >
> > > > 6. Reboot the machine and log on under the second admin account.
> > >
> > > Done.
> > >
> > > > 7. Rename the hidden profile folder "Default User" to "Default
> > User.org".
> > >
> > > As soon as I do this, another "Default User" folder appears!
> > >
> > > > 8. Rename the administrator's profile folder to "Default User".
> > >
> > > System won't let me rename this folder! (The name of the folder
> > > is "Administrator")
> > >
> > > > 9. Delete the new user's profile folder (if it exists), after making
> > > > sure that it contains no data files.
> > >
> > > No folder exists for the new Power User.
> > >
> > > > 10. Log on under the new user. He will now inherit every setting
> > > > you had under "Administrator".
> > >
> > > As I am unable to complete this, I deleted the newly appearing
> > > "Default User" folder and renamed "Default User.org" back to
> > > "Default User".
> > >
> > > Where did I go wrong?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Alan
> > >
> > >
> >
> > You experience is at variance with mine: When I delete the
> > "Default User" folder then it stays deleted. If I subsequently
> > log on as a new user then Win2000 complains bitterly that
> > no "Default User" folder exists! I suspect the system did
> > not allow you to rename "Default User". You thought it
> > recreated it after renaming whereas in fact it never disappeared.
> >
> > I do all this work from a Command Prompt, to ensure that
> > what I do really happens.
>
> It worked fine from the command prompt. Thanks once again.
> Alan
>
Your experience demonstrates that GUIs are often
a pretty interface for average PC users, and that
serious administration work may have to be carried
out from a Command Prompt.
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