Re: Restoring folders LocalService, NetworkService and Default User

From: Thorsten Matzner (tmatzner_at_gmx.net)
Date: 05/16/04


Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:49:38 +0200


"M. de Francisco" <mdefrancisco@libero.it> wrote:

>When eliminating Netsky worm from my computer (Pentiu4,
>2G, with 512 Ram) I inadvertently (and stupidly)
>cancelled three folders under "Documents and Settings":
>LocalService, NetworkService and Default User. Now, my
>computer takes more than two minutes for the logon and
>under the events viewer I see two errors (number 1500, no
>reference to them in Windows when I notify the error),
>one under Local Service and the other under Network
>Service. So, I believe that it is the lack of these two
>folders that is creating problems. After this initial
>dealy, the computer works without a hitch, so the problem
>is not very serious, but I would prefer to have it
>identified and solved.

Reinstall Windows. See "How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade
(Reinstallation) of Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315341).

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(tm)


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