Re: Cannot See One of the XP Users

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 12/26/03 

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:41:26 -0800

>-----Original Message-----
>Clifford New XP User wrote:
>> During the login and when I go to the user accounts
area
>> of the control panel I cannot set the
>> user "Administrator". I have looked at artical Q297221
>> and it suggest going Computer Management/Local Users
and
>> Groups/Users find the user that is missing and you will
>> see that it is dissabled. In my case the user is not
>> dissabled but I still do not see this user in either
the
>> login or the user accounts area of the contol panel.
>>Thanks for the information. What directory are the user
files located in?
>> This is a big problem since I just updated from windows
>> 2000 and this was the use associate with the win 2K
>> system so all of my information is with this user. I'm
>> not sure why it dissapeared.
>>
>
>
>Clifford
>
>The files for that user profile should still be on the
hard drive. You can
>retrieve them by taking ownership of that users folder
under Documents and
>Settings. You may also be able to copy the contents of
that user profile to
>your new profile.
>
>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
>
>How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151
>
>--
>Ronnie Vernon
>Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User
>Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
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>
>
>
>.
>

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