Re: User Account Suddenly Unaccessable



Good to hear from you again. See my comments inserted into your message, and preceded by +++ symbols.

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OYwchI08JHA.4000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am aware that you're keen to resolve your problem and I'm happy to assist you as far as possible. Sometimes there will be unavoidable delays because we live in different time zones: At times I sleep while you're awake and vice versa and at times I have other commitments.

+++ I agree and understand completely. I did not mean to be inappropriate in my comments. I am quite willing to work at the proper pace - I was just worried that communication had been broken off, inadvertantly, due to "not downloaded" messages. (My system still shows 1 such message.)

Continuing this discussion by EMail is not really an option. Not only would it deprive other newsgroup readers of the opportunity to see how you resolved your problem but it would also bypass the valuable "peer review" facility of newsgroups. Anything I write here is up to scrutiny and if I should issue some incorrect or potentially damaging advice then one of my peers would point it out immediately.

+++ Again, I agree completely. I was not trying to avoid working through the newsgroup - just worried that you had sent me a message which I was not able to receive.

Let's summarise the current situation:
- You have an existing profile folder C:\Documents and Settings\cwlee
- Only an administrator has access to this folder. This is incorrect.
- You copied this profile folder to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\cwlee.System-3
- You then set the correct permissions for the folder C:\Documents and Settings\cwlee.System-3
- When logging on as cwlee, you still have permission problems.

+++ Yes, I believe you have correctly summarized the situation, with a more technical vocabulary than I would use.

There are a couple of inconsistencies here:
1. Since the folder C:\Documents and Settings\cwlee.System-3 exists,
Windows should not access the folder C:\Documents and Settings\default user -
yet it does.
2. Since you set the correct permissions of the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\cwlee.System-3, you should be able to log on
without a problem.

Let's try and find out what's going on. To avoid typographical errors, I want you to run the following commands in a batch file. Do this:

+++ As I review what you suggest I see two problems to discuss with you first. First, the desktop computer that has the problem we have been discussing is not online. I have a second desktop computer, 2 feet away, which I use for online activities. Thus I can't copy and paste something directly from your email, which I read on my online computer, into the notepad of the computer with the problem.

+++ I can copy onto a disk from one machine, and place that disk on the other machine, and then copy and paste.

+++ The second problem (#2) is being sure that I have copied EXACTLY what you want me to copy. There may be line breaks and/orspaces inserted into what you typed and what my machine sees, due to different margins, etc. Should I worry about that?

+++ Just to be safe, please confirm that the first item to be copied is the symbol @ and the last one is t Do I have that correct? I have also shown it below between lines of ### symbols, to ensure that we are talking about exactly the same text.

1. Reboot the machine.

+++ When you have suggested this before, I have used the "Restart" function. Perhaps I should have been turning the machine off completely, and then after a minute or so turning it back on?

2. Log on as administrator
3. Click Start / Run
4. Type this: notepad c:\Lee.bat
5. Click the OK button
6. Allow a new file to be created.
7. Copy and paste the following lines into the notepad session.
Do *not* retype them!

##############################

@echo off
set prof=C:\Documents and Settings\cwlee.System-3
set cryp=Application Data\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache
dir /ad "%prof%\.." > c:\test.txt
echo Please wait . . .
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /ad/b "%prof%"') do (
echo Processing "%prof%\%%a"
cacls "%prof%\%%a" >> c:\test.txt
)
cacls "%prof%\%cryp%" >> c:\test.txt
notepad c:\test.txt

###########################

8. Save & close the file.
9. Click Start / Run
10. Type the five letters cwlee
11. Click the OK button.
12. Wait until the program has finished, then copy and paste what
you see into your reply.

FYI: I'm posting this note at 4pm.

+++ My machine shows it was received here at 7:02am. Sounds like you are in NZ, Australia - or one of those time zones. I'm in Los Angeles, California.

+++ Again, I'm very comfortable working with you via the newsgroup, and am not rushing you. I can't always respond immediately either.

+++ Best regards.

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"CWLee" <cdubyalee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eh5CgYv8JHA.4608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Pegasus: As I monitor this newsgroup I see the 13 messages you and I have exchanged, plus, in the past couple of hours, a listing of "1 not downloaded". I don't know how I can download that message, and I'm worried that it is your reply to my message sent, per my computer, at 5:15 pm today.

If you have answered that post of mine, please either tell me how to gain access to "not downloaded" messages, or re-send your reply.

Many thanks.

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