Re: How to Create a New User Account and Not Lose Administrator Settings?
- From: "Jim McGowan" <jcmcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 02:59:39 -0400
Thanks, Kelly, for your reply. I do appreciate it.
Reinstall all? That's a LOT of applications... I currently have 410 GB of
disk storage, about 75% used - much of it in program installations. I think
I may just continue with this machine as Administrator and now I know what
to do with my next one! I'll just stay as secure as I possibly can.
--
Jim McGowan
"Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eFdGu%23NOFHA.4052@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Jim,
>
> You are correct, reserve the system admin account for emergencies. As for
> your other profile and software query, simply reinstall them.
>
> Added info:
>
> How to Copy or Remove a User Profile
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm#usercopy
>
> HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q305709
>
> --
>
> All the Best,
> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>
> "Jim McGowan" <jcmcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Om6y$4JOFHA.4052@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello all.
>>
>> My first desktop PC running XP Pro came with XP Pro preinstalled and
>> preconfigured. (I had been using 98SE before that). It was set-up to
>> directly use the Administrator account, which I now know is not a smart
>> way to operate. On two notebooks running XP Pro that I subsequently
>> purchased I properly set-up a user account and gave it fast-switch access
>> to administrator privileges. I am the only user of all three PCs.
>>
>> But that first desktop I mentioned was in use for at least six months
>> before I realized that one should never run directly from the
>> Administrator account. I created a new user account once I realized this,
>> but many of the applications I had installed did not show on the new user
>> account. After much searching and reading in the MSKB, Kelly's, and
>> several other XP help sites, I tried copying the Administrator profile to
>> the new user account. Even on a 2.8 Ghz Intel processor, it took a great
>> deal of time, and the end result was not what I expected. I still didn't
>> have access to many of the applications that were installed on the Admin
>> account. I gave up and re-tried this three separate times in two months
>> and ending up abandoning the effort in frustration. My notebooks run
>> correctly using a user account and then fast-switching to the Admin
>> account when needed.
>>
>> My Questions:
>>
>> 1) Am I heading for trouble running the desktop PC from the Admin
>> account?
>>
>> 2) Is there a way to set-up a new user account and get it to work like
>> the notebooks do, or am I too far down the road to ever get it right at
>> this point?
>>
>> BTW, the desktop in question is an HP Pavilion m270n running XP Pro -
>> Media Center 2004, XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 SP2 build 2600, CPU:
>> Intel 2.8 Ghz, 1.5 MB RAM. I have them networked on a wireless Linksys
>> router, 802.11b protocol with WEP and MAC filtering enabled, Zone Alarm
>> firewall, AVG Anti-virus, MS Anti-Spyware, Spybot, AdAwareSE, and
>> SpywareBlaster on all.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any assistance!
>>
>> --
>> Jim McGowan
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>
>
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