Re: Windows XP changing User Profile
- From: Archie <Archie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:03:00 -0700
Pegasus
Created a restore point made the change to the registry and did a reboot.
Windows created a new directory under C:\Documents and Settings
I now have:
Administrator and
Administrator.ARCHNEWHP
HP_Owner and
HP_Owner. ARCHNEWHP and
HP_Owner. ARCHNEWHP.000
And the entry in the registry is HP_Owner. ARCHNEWHP.000 where I had
changed it back to HP_owner. Again even though the original users names were
HP_owner and Administrator and the directories are still under C:\Documents
and Settings they do not show up in the user profiles. The login screen or
the user accounts in the control panel show only HP_Owner, sub computer
administrator.
Registry looks like this:
ProfileList
S-1-5-18
S-1-5-19
S-5-1-20
S-1-5-21-44457510-2906858678-3850451479-1009
S-1-5-21-44457510-2906858678-3850451479-500
The two with the long numbers are the the admin with computername and
HP_user with computername.
Registry entry:
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner.ARCHNEWHP.000
Name on start window and if I try to log off and switch logins, is only
HP_Owner.
Thanks
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Archie
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
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"Archie" <Archie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Windows XP Home Edition SP2 + post SP2 patches up to May 13, 2008. DHCP*** What is the importance of the profile folder's name?
from
Linksys router, Running MSSQLServer in background.
Have been running this computer for several years. I booted into safeMode
to run some virus checks and when I rebooted my user profile had been
changed. I did some research in these discussion groups and came across
the
post of 4/15/2008 "Losing Windows XP Profile Association" from John.
Further research in C:\Documents and Settings showed that the original
Administrator and HP_Owner directories where still there and still had the
correct information but two new ones had been created.
I now have:
Administrator and
Administrator.computerName (not actual computername used)
HP_Owner and
HP_Owner.computerName
The main log in was HP_Owner and that directory seems to have all the
correct information in the directories but does not have a NTUSER.dat.
There
is a ntuser.ini, hpothb07.dat, hpotho7.tif . Not sure how to read this
dat
file but look at it in word I can see errors associated with Documents and
Settings\HP_Owner.
All three other directories have NTYSER.dat files with the HP_Owner one
being the largest. HP_Owner was the normal sign on and HP_owner was set
up
as Admin I believe.
The computerName it is attaching is the computer name in System Properties
to identify the computer on the net work. It has now shown up in User
Profiles as ComputerName\Administrator and ComputerName\HP_Owner with no
reference to the two original ones that do not have the computer name
appended but are still there.
I checked and C:\Windows\System32\config.. has the info from the
directory
HP_Owner.ComputerName that it is log into.
I noticed that John said that after he straightened it out by deleting
directories that it returned after he rebooted. I expect it is some new
network rules in naming in the latest MS updates and will continue so it
is
probably good to move to the new naming.
Several things:
1) I have used safemode lots of times and never had this occur.
2) This looks like a new naming policy from Microsoft but how do I get my
original configuration back and still present their new naming?
*** Isn't it its contents that counts?
3) John mentioned and showed the contents of some log. Where is this and*** You should post its name.
how do I read it?
4) What can validly be done with the C:\Documents and Settings*** You can do anything with these folders (except for your current
directories?
*** profile folder) but you should really leave them alone.
5) Can I move the NYUSER.dat file between directories?*** I assume you mean NTUser.dat. If you move it around
*** then you will probably cripple that particular profile.
6) Can I move the New directory with the attached computername and then*** This is much same question as 5) above. I don't think it's
rename the old one to that name to satisfy the user name now stored in the
user profiles?
*** a good idea.
7) Since the HP_Owner was assigned Administrator it seems to have the*** The NTUser.dat file is part of your registry. It does not
NYUSER.dat file in all directories except the original HP_Owner directory,
which is the one I need to use. It only seems to have log files. How do
I
put a NTUser.dat back in here as the one that was here and was moved to
HP_Owner.ComputerName is the largest one as that was the one used daily?
*** get moved around. If you cannot see this file in some
*** profile folders then it's either because it is hidden or else
*** because nobody has ever logged on under this account.
Sorry this is so long winded, and Thanks for the help.
Archie
*** I don't know why a now profile folder was created for your
*** logon account. The simplest way to resolve the issue would
*** be to change a registry entry so that it points once more
*** to your original profile folder. Its location is kept here:
*** HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
*** To play it safe, you could do this:
*** 1. Log on as Administrator.
*** 2. Create a Restore Point.
*** 3. Make the registry change.
*** 4. Reboot.
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