Re: 1 of 4 users has a locked desktop Add'l Info

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"Alberto" <Alberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F5BB73AF-415D-42B6-B59E-9F25DC8D45B1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I appreciate the suggestion. How do I run the Windows Live scanner, and can I
do it while logged in as "Chris" or do I do it from my Admin account/profile?

"Alberto" wrote:

I managed to export my registry key for "...Policies/Explorer" which allows
my desktop and taskbar to work fine, and then changed the problem profile
"Chris" to an Admin account. Then I logged in to "Chris" and double clicked
the exported key and it loaded it into the registry. I checked while logged
in as Chris and it was there.
Then I logged out of Chris, switched to my profile as Admin, changed his
account back to Limited, and went back to Chris. The problem retiurned and
the registry key had been changed.
How is it that the registry changes like that?

"Newbie Coder" wrote:

> Alberto,
>
> It's definately profile specific & is in this profile only. If you > copied the NTuser.dat
> file then the problem lies in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive of the > registry.
>
> START | RUN | Type 'regedit' & navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>
> What's running on startup?
>
> Check this key too:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
>
> to see if the key exisits & if it has the following entries:
>
> NoChangingWallpaper
> NoMovingBands
>
> Are any of the above two DWORD'S set to 1 (one)? If so, change them to > 0 (zero)
>
> Also check:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
>
> NoActiveDesktop
> ClassicShell
>
> Is the above values set to 1 (one) too? Change that back to 0 (zero)
>
> --------------
>
> What tweaks have you tried to do or what dodgy applications has this > profile been running?
>
> -- > Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)
>
>
> "Alberto" <Alberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2DAE77F4-3A8F-4475-B3EF-351BDF49EB48@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I have 4 users (inc myself as Admin) using XP Home SP2; I recently > > had to use
> > the OEM Restore disk because "Config" could not be found at boot; I > > restored
> > successfully back to the initial state of the computer, and a backup > > was made
> > by the process. Because I had to reinstall all the applications that > > were
> > lost on restore, I upgraded my antivirus to Norton 2008 (costs the > > same as a
> > renewal). I also have Spybot installed. Both have been run twice in > > the past
> > two days with no issues.
> >
> > I was able to re-establish everyone's profile (email, itunes, > > desktop, etc.)
> > however one of the profiles did not allow the wallpaper to show. It > > also had
> > the toolbar locked. I tried to unlock the desktop, but it didn't > > work. I
> > logged back in as the Admin, and changed that account to an admin and > > the
> > problem went away. I changed it back to limited and it the problem > > came back.
> > I changed it back to admin and it went away, so I stayed logged in as > > that
> > user and changed the account to limited. It seemed to stay OK, but > > after I
> > logged out and back in, the problem persists. Interestingly, when I > > log out
> > of this user, the original wallpaper flashes on screen before logging > > out. It
> > seems to be "in back" of the blank wallpaper. The icons are present, > > but not
> > the wallpaper or the desired taskbar.
> >
> > I was logged in as myself (Admin) when I re-established all 3 user > > accounts,
> > and only that one has had any problems. Could I have imported > > something
> > faulty when I copied files from the Backup that was created?
>
>

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