Re: Owner account changed to "Account Unknown"

Hi,

Are you able to logon as administrator in Safe mode?

How to start in Safe mode:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe%20mode

If so, you can create a new user account and copy your old profile data into
it.

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

Note that one step not listed in the article is that after creating the
destination profile you must log into it once first to create the necessary
file structure before you do the copy procedure.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Just Me from Ohio" <Just Me from Ohio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:A5224B5C-2864-4D8E-9452-5E057BB60E40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Help! My owner account (where most of my files are) has been magically
> changed to "account unknown" under the System Properties/Advanced/User
> Profiles. I "see" the "Account Unknown" listed, but I am unable to access
> it. I tried signing in as the administrator, but no luck. I checked
> Windows
> help online, but no luck. I called Sony Vaio support, (support?), no
> luck.
>
> I am running XP Home Edition SP2 will all updates.
>
> I have found out that the files aren't gone, according to online readings,
> but getting to them is another matter. I'm a minister and all of my
> sermons/funerals/baptisms/etc. are connected with the "Owner" profile.
> Yes,
> I know, back up... I have the hard copies, but that's not real helpful.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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