problems with xp/pro user accounts

From: Mike Landis (atgc@earthlink.net)
Date: 02/09/03 

From: "Mike Landis" <atgc@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:47:35 -0800

I have no solution to offer, but I think I am seeing a
related problem. I also have three accounts (a sysadmin
and two limited accounts) on my system. They initially
performed as expected (i.e. switching between user
accounts worked), but some unhandled event, possibly
closing the lid (its a DELL laptop), may have triggered an
interrupt that isn't being properly handled), the system
claims not to be able to locate the user profile.

I have since tried deleting the limited user accounts
entirely, recreating them under the same name and under
different names, only to discover that any limited user
accounts I now create, can't be successfully accessed
subsequent to creation. The system seems to think that
the user profiles are located somewhere else on the
network. Since this is the only Windows on the local
network, you can imagine that any network request for a
user profile would fail.

I've installed the lion's share of the SP1a upgrades and
wonder if this problem may have been triggered by one of
those patches?
-Mie
>-----Original Message-----
>i have a problem!!
>i have 3 accounts set up on my system.
>1 is my wifes who is a computer admin account is active
>2 is my sons who is also a computer admin account is
>active
>3 my account which is also computer admin active.
>the problem i am haveing is at the start up screen the
>computer automaticly goes to my wifes account bypassing
>the options to pick who logs on first.
>then when she logs off the options to pick who logs on
>starts as normial.... but if the computer is shut off and
>restarted the computer tells us that the log on or group
>domain name is not active she presses ok and then the
>computer goes right to her desk top, then if she logs off
>and logs back on with the 3 accounts listed on the start
>screen we have no problems .... it only seems to happen
>if the computer is powered down and restarted.
>help whats wrong i have tried resetting all accounts and
>how users log off, option and nothing works!!!
>any help would be great thanks
>jim
>.
>

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