Re: slow user logon

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From: xp_challenged (xpchallenged_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 15:17:03 -0700

Thanks for the reply. Would it be possible for you to direct me to where the
user account registry is located? I see nothing under the user account name.
Thnks again, Mike

"Malke" wrote:

> xp_challenged wrote:
>
> > i'm fairly new to xp and am having a user log on issue. This machine
> > is used primarily as a home computer,(web browsing, e-mail , homework,
> > etc.). Being as such I have had problems in the past (win98) of the
> > various users in the household of mis knowingly downloading programs
> > or applications that have malicous content.
> > I upgraded t a newer machine that has xp. i created a user account for
> > the household and kept my user account as administrator,(password
> > protected). However after logging on to a user account it takes
> > forever for the machine to load.
> > I checked the task manager nd there are all sorts of "funny" things
> > running. Since the user account is set as limited access I cannot
> > remove this items using msconfig or regedit. If I change the user
> > account to administrator none of the "funny" items appear in task
> > manager.
> > Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Mike
>
> You can disable the "funny things" from your Administrator account with
> regedit. You have access to all user hives there. If you are not
> comfortable working with the registry, don't mess around with it and
> take the machine to a good local shop for cleaning (not a BestBuy or
> CompUSA type of store).
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
>

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