Re: 'File already in use/ open' message

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From: Pat (pfstubbs_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:46:32 -0700

Jack, thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion and
am still experiencing the same problem. Any further
direction? Thanks, Pat

>-----Original Message-----
>Add a user/account and give it admin privileges. Log on
to it. Delete your wife's account. reboot. create her
account again.
> "Pat" <pfstubbs@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:108f01c49acf$7ab4e600$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi all, hope you can help.
>
> I've just set up a new e-machines PC for my wife
running
> XP Home. Whenever she opens a file the system says the
> file is already in use/ open by (her signon name) and
> that she should close the open file or choose to make
a
> copy. By dismissing the message she can proceed with
her
> work. I've duplicated the problem and made sure there
are
> no files open when the message appears and, yes, she's
> the only user of this PC.
>
> My question is - how to eliminate the message.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat Stubbs (her husband)

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