Re: user accounts

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From: Ted Zieglar (teddyz_at_notmail.com)
Date: 09/28/04


Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:50:48 -0400

The user's account has either become corrupted or infected with a virus. If
a virus scan comes up empty, delete the affected user's account, reboot,
then re-create the affected user's account. Before deleting a user account
make very sure that you backup everything of importance to the user. Windows
XP will offer to keep a copy of the user's My Documents folder on the
desktop, but you need to backup everything else yourself, e.g., address
book, mailboxes, favorites, cookies.

-- 
Ted Zieglar
"amee" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:443e01c4a560$93f42130$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> other than the administrator's user account (which is what
> i use) all other user's desktop does not work correctly.
> when clicking on an icon (recycle bin especially) nothing
> happens except the screen flashes off and then on.  help.


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