Re: I want to move the Documents and Setting folder

Norm,
I already have TweakUI and have been using it to get around this little
problem, but it is a partial solution at best. I need to move the entire
Documents and Settings folder to accomplish what I am trying to do. This has
been a real pain in the *** for me and sometimes makes me want to go back to
Windows 98. I have also consisdered getting Windows 2000, but I do not know
if this would fix my problems.

Don
--
- Birds are God's gift of beauty to the world -



"Norm Dresner" wrote:

> Download a copy of the Microsoft Power Took TweakUI and it will let you move
> them
>
> Norm
>
> "dgc49" <dgc49@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5DDB5B16-3116-4AC1-A490-7B663FB1B385@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > First of all, the reason I want to move this folder is for security
> > reasons.
> > I have been using Windows XP Home Edtion (first experience with Winnt OS)
> > for
> > 2 years on a Gateway 500plus computer. I usually use Drive Image to back
> > up
> > my system but with all the programs and data that I have (about 50 GB's) I
> > am
> > finding it very time consuming to do a daly back up of my data. This is
> > because I have to back up everything each time. A couple of times that I
> > got
> > lazy and didn't do a daily back up cost me several weeks to months of data
> > lose and when I went back to the latest Drive Image I had I ended up
> > loosing
> > all my current settings as well.
> >
> > I am currently reinstalling my Windows XP and will upgrade to SP2. I want
> > to
> > put my Documents and Setting on a different volumn/partition thus allowing
> > me
> > to back up my data files daily with out all the programs. Then I only need
> > to
> > back the OS when I change something or add a new program. I have tried
> > the
> > Unattend function as spelled out in the follow Microsoft Help and Support
> > documents:
> >
> > Article ID : 314843
> > Last Review : December 22, 2004
> > Revision : 1.2
> >
> > and
> >
> > Article ID : 236621
> > Last Review : September 29, 2004
> > Revision : 4.1
> >
> > I tried running the winnt.exe and winnt32.exe programs after doing a fresh
> > install of Windows XP Home Edition SP1. I get the error message of SYNTAX
> > ERROR ON LINE 2 with winnt.exe and just get the help menu with
> > winnt32.exe. I
> > don't know how (if there is a way to do this) to run the unattend
> > functionn
> > during the original installation (which I will do again if I have to if
> > some
> > one will tell me how). The documents that I have listed don't give very
> > much
> > detail on any of this and the error message doesn't give me a clue as to
> > what
> > is wrong with the syntax. I have triple checked the spelling on the line
> > and
> > I can't see what is causing the error other than I think that the command
> > "ProfilesDir" may not be valid. The article at Article ID : 155197
> > Last Review : October 30, 2003
> > Revision : 1.0
> > does not indicate that this is a valid command.
> > The long method of moving the Documents and Settings folder appears to be
> > an
> > incomplete movement of Documents and Settings and appears to be very time
> > consumming.
> >
> > Don C.
> >
> > --
> > - Birds are God''s gift of beauty to the world -
> >
>
>
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