Re: HELP - Lost User account settings

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:05:13 +1100

"Neil" <neil.fulcher@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:78592aa4.0502261355.a8fa35e@posting.google.com...
> While trying to set the kids up with user accounts on my PC (running
> windows XP pro) I have inadvertently messed up my main user account
> (admin status).
>
> I can see under c:\documents and settings\ my original user account
>
> eg c:\documents and settings\username - which still has all my
> original settings intact.
>
> Next to this is a user account of the same name with a domain name
> appended to it
> eg c:\documents and settings\username.domain - with the basic
> settings.
>
> I dont think this second account existed before I started.
>
> I've scoured the newsgroups today trying to find a solution, tried
> numerous things while trying to learn what I might have done - but no
> joy yet.
>
> How can I reactivate my original account and recover the settings that
> I see in the docs and settings folder?
>
> Thanks

1. Log on under an admin account that is neither your old nor
    your new account.
2. Control Panel / System / Advanced / User Profiles
3. Click the profile that you believe contains your lost settings.
4. Click "Copy to".
5. Using the Browse button, navigate to the new profile folder
     (c:\Documents and Settings\username.domain), then click OK.

That's it!