Re: user profile question

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John, I was using the built-in Administrator when it became corrupted. I had
to create the one named Steve to overcome the start-up error messages. Steve
T.
"Steve T" <stumas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running XP Home.
In Explorer view C:\Documents and Settings>
Administrator.Old (this is the one I renamed .Old as I thought you
instructed)
All Users, (etc.)
is the current view.
Scrolling down I have the User profile that I created named Steve.
Start>Control Panel>User Accounts only shows User named Steve and grayed
out Guest Account.
On boot up, the PC goes to a blank (blue) Welcome screen and then straight
to desktop. There is no option to select a User.
Sorry about screwing up your weekend.
Thanks, Steve T.
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What did you mean when earlier you posted "The Admin folder is still
intact"? What is the "Admin" folder, please write the full name and path
of the account, don't abbreviate the spelling. My understanding is (or
was) that you were running the computer on the built-in "Administrator"
account and that it was corrupted and that you now wanted to try to
rebuild this profile folder. Are you using XP Home or XP Pro?

John

Steve T wrote:
My PC boots straight to the desktop, there are no options at the Welcome
screen to select an account. The one account I created does have Admin
privileges. I guess I'm just confused when you say "Administrator". I
don't understand the reasoning for changing the file to .Old if I cannot
create a new one to replace it? Thanks, Steve T.
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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