Re: "BROKEN" USER ACCOUNT

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From: KenG (KenG_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:29:05 -0800

Thank you so much for your sage advice, Michael! I actually do have regular
unattended backups to a second HD, but because of a software glitch involving
repeated full rather than the ordered incremental images, I had just been
forced to prune several of the oldest and recreating to backup script. I do
have a separate full system backups archived, but from a month ago. however,
if I restore that version, I'll lose Outlook rules, etc. dating from that
date and have to copy or import them from the existing account anyway. The
article you recommended was excellent! In creating a brand new account with
the desired name (something I would have to do anyway eventually), the
recommended procedure will then allow me to copy configuration settings from
the old account and import Outlook data. The crucial information was which
files from the old profile NOT TO COPY, which, after reading the article and
other resources, I now know to be the corrupted components of my original
profile. Thanks again for the great information and friendly advice!

Ken Grush

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> The best way to rescue your data is from a backup and since that data is
> quite important to you, in the future I suggest you start backing up and
> fairly regularly given the chances you seem to take.
>
> That said, try treating this as a corrupt user account as instructed in the
> following Knowledge Base Article:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318011
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "KenG" <KenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:94D06159-32BA-47BA-AD7C-34B4C1107904@microsoft.com...
> > When I installed WXP, SP2, I initially gave my full name in setting up my
> > account, but then changed my account type from "Administrator" to "Power
> > User" and shortened the account name to my nickname. I then created
> > another
> > "Power User" account for the other user on the PC, initially giving his
> > full
> > name as well but then shortening it to his nickname. I then renamed the
> > "PCname/Administrator" account to disguise it. I created passwords for
> > all
> > three of the accounts. Everything worked fine, except that the directory
> > structure under "Documents and Settings" for all accounts EXCEPT MY
> > INITIAL
> > ONE showed the correct new name. My own account persisted in showing my
> > full
> > name, which seemd to revealing to me. I tried a number of times to change
> > the name without success: twice "denied access" and once seemed to take
> > the
> > change, but then reverted to the original full name with reboot. Finally,
> > just recently, the system allowed me to rename the relevant folders, the
> > change persisted, but, as I should have known, the original profile is now
> > inaccessible.
> >
> > When I try to log on as myself, the system creates a new "Documents and
> > Settings" user directory with the name "me(current account name)/PCname",
> > but
> > without ANY OF MY CONFIGURATIONS, even trying to set up Outlook, etc. from
> > scratch. The old (full name) folder structure remains. I tried, under
> > "Computer Management" > "Local Users and Groups" > "Users" > "My account"
> >>right click, "Properties" > "Profile" to set the home folder to the old
> > (original) one, but it doesn't seem to help. i also changed all of the
> > name
> > revisions in the original subdirectory back to their original format,
> > again
> > without success.
> >
> > Can someone please tell me how to rescue all 256 MB of my user data?
> > PLEASE!!
>
>
>

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