Re: Copying Profiles - Easy fix? Please help

Ah, thanks for the note, Steve. This means I will have to go back and read.
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"Steve N." <me@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kelly wrote:
>> Hi Charlie,
>>
>> Copy a User Profile:
>>
>> Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under
>> Profiles stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to
>> copy, and then click Copy To.
>>
>> In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for
>> the new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
>> Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from
>> the Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add
>> Name. Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer.
>>
>> Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to
>> copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to
>> Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate
>> icon.
>>
>> Note 2: You cannot copy the account you are currently logged in on. You
>> must log into another account.
>>
>> Note 3: If you create a new account, you must logon once before you copy
>> another account over top of it. Windows creates the user profile at
>> logon, not at account creation, and it will not use the copy you created
>> before that first logon, it will create a user.COMPUTERNAME folder
>> instead.
>>
>> Note 4: To resolve this issue, verify that the user account is not
>> logged on before you try to copy its profile. If you are currently logged
>> on as this user, log off, log on again by using a different user account,
>> and then copy the profile. If
>> you are not logged on as the user account that you are trying to copy,
>> that account may be logged on in a different session (using Fast User
>> Switching).
>>
>> To force that account to be logged off, start Task Manager, click the
>> Users tab, click the user account, and then click Logoff.
>>
>> To work around this behavior, you can also create a user who has
>> administrative privileges, log on as that user, and then copy the profile
>> of the first user.
>>
>>
>>
>
> You forgot another Note:
> Set Folder Options, View to not hide hidden or protected system files.
>
> Steve
>


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