Re: user profile question

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Reboot and logon as "Administrator" You cannot create another user with the same name, just try to log back on to the old Administrator account.

John

Steve T wrote:
Well here we go again John. FYI, the User profile problem is not on this PC; it's on another one I have on a small home network. I went to C:\Docs & Sett in Explorer View and right-clicked on Administrator and renamed it to Administrator.Old. I rebooted and went to CP>User Accounts and made sure I was logged on to the new profile I had created a few days ago. Not a problem since Administrator icon is not even present, only my new account and a grayed-out Guest appear in CP. I tried to create a New User Account but when I type in Administrator it states that it already exists, choose another name. Thanks, Steve T.
"Steve T" <stumas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OFKFSRGxJHA.1088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks John. I'll give it a go later tonight or tomorrow and report back. Steve T.
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23tsoZ3FxJHA.5244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I assume that you have another account (the one that you now use) with administrator privileges?

Rename: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator

to: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.Old

Logoff or reboot and logon as Administrator.

It isn't a good idea to use the built-in Administrator account for your day to day activities, this is a special purpose account, and accont that you use to get you out of a pickle!

John

Steve T wrote:
Yes I was. I never added any other profiles. Won't XP tell me that an Administrator account already exists? By the way, after I created the new profile; I changed the account name in Control Panel but the original name remains under Explorer view. If I right-click on that name and try to change to the User name in Control Panel I get an error message that states this is a system file and I cannot change it. Thanks, Steve T.
"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eKA8GYExJHA.3676@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You create a new administrator account. Were you running your XP installation on the built-in Administrator account?

John

Steve T wrote:
So how do I re-create a new Admin profile? Steve T.
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e4MZaz7wJHA.1212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
No, these files are created when the profile is created, they are then built upon as the user uses his/her account, new information and settings are added when the users sets the account to his or her liking.

John

Steve T wrote:
If I delete the Ntuser files from the Admin folder, will Windows recreate them? Steve T.
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OTy$5I7wJHA.5672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
No, not really. There are many references in the ntuser.dat file that point to the folder itself, if you move this file from:

C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX
to
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator

much of the information will still be pointing to Documents and Settings\XXXX and Windows as well as many of the applications will look there for their files.

John


Steve T wrote:
I had a corrupt local profile as in my post from 4/21/09 and got it resolved following the suggestions. Now I have, under Docs & Settings; an Administration folder and the new profile named XXXX. I don't want that. The Admin folder is still intact, nothing has been deleted. Can I just delete Ntuser.dat,Ntuser.dat.log and Ntuser.ini in that folder and copy back from XXXX profile? I just want to have one user account/profile named Admin is what I'm getting to. Thanks, Steve T.


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