Re: Win2KPro SP4- Boots to temporary Admin account, User account missi



The fact that you have \Default User.WINNT tells us a repair was performed
once before. Follow the steps in this article to replace a corrupt local
administrator profile.

User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296834


Permissions may also be damaged.

How to Restore the Default NTFS Permissions for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=266118

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"nick" wrote:
| Here are the Errors listed in Manage, Application, the day of problem:
| "Windows cannot load the users profile but has logged you on with the
default
| profile for the system"
|
| Event ID: 1000
| Windows cannot copy file C:\Documents and Settings\Default
| User.WINNT\NTUSER.DAT to location C:\Documents and
| Settings\Administrator.DTB\NTUSER.DAT. Contact your network administrator.
|
| Opening My Computer, shows no drives, but an error message:
| "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this
| page.
| As a result, the page may not display correctly"
|
| Removing the hard disk and viewing files on a separate machine turns up
| documents OK.
| Drives can be seen and explored in safe mode.
| Admin user account shows in 'users'
|
| Machine never part of domain.
|
| How to restore this Administrator account? Or is it re-install time?
| I am going to re install, ONLY cos I'm under the gun, and have imaged the
| problem drive. Very curious though.
| Previos event was an Auto oupdate.
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| If you break it again, I''m going to have to ask you to stop helping me.


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