Re: User Account woes
From: Bruce Garlock (bgarloga@charter.net)
Date: 03/15/03
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From: "Bruce Garlock" <bgarloga@charter.net> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:23:09 -0500
I am using XP Home. What do I do 'after' I have logged in in Safe Mode as
Administrator?
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eoyTQ6c6CHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> You don't say if you're running XP Pro or Home. If Pro, press CTRL-ALT-DEL
> twice at the Welcome Screen (with no users logged on) to get the older
style
> logon. Enter Administrator and any password that you may have set. For
XP
> Home, you'll have to boot the computer into Safe Mode to log in on the
> built-in Administrator account.
>
> Also, you'll want to read:
>
> HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>
>
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> "Bruce Garlock" <bgarloga@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:08bc01c2e9ca$bd5d5030$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > After purchasing my new Gateway with XP, I loaded up most
> > of the software that I had been using on my old
> > computer. I used Intellimover to transfer settings,
> > files, documents, data...etc... over to my new computer.
> >
> > After what I considered the most important part of
> > setting up the computer I then decided to begin
> > navigating the "user" profiles and set up one for each of
> > the likely computer users in my household. I even set up
> > one for myself (Bruce, with administrative privileges).
> >
> > Next I stumbled into what seems to me like a very
> > confusing jungle. My desktop was gone. My software that
> > I had alread installed began prompting me for startup
> > disks as though it hadn't yet been installed on the
> > computer. My address book is inaccesable. I had an
> > address book on the old computer that was part of Corel
> > Word Perfect Suite 8, but I had, a short time ago,
> > migrated it into my Outlook environment. Now, from the
> > new computer I can't seem to configure, find, or use any
> > address book. I can't really believe it is gone, but how
> > do I recover it?
> >
> > Also, before I setup multiple users, and while I was
> > the "administrator" I tried to "make private" one
> > particular folder, so that others might not view it.
> > Now, after becoming user "Bruce" with administrative
> > priveleges I too am blocked from access to this folder.
> > Is there anything I can do? Do I have to delete all the
> > secondary users, including myself to regain control over
> > my computer?
> >
> > I have numerous other issues, but I will quit rambling
> > and hope that someone can offer me some suggestions.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bruce
>
>
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