Re: embedded user profiles - ?

From: Drew Cooper [MSFT] (dcoop_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:30:28 -0800

Ok. Forget anything I wrote before.

You already know how to create/delete accounts. A new account should have a
new profile and it should have its own mydocs.

If there are old folders/files that you can't get rid of, you'll need to
boot into safe mode and "take ownership":
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 

-- 
Drew Cooper [MSFT]
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"Heidi" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19FCE49D-F1AA-4EFD-93DE-AD1191C9BD82@microsoft.com...
> Thanks.  After looking into "Help" under "net user" I realized I neglected
to tell you that I am not on a network and the XP upgrade was XP Home.  If
you have any other advice..it would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>      ----- Drew Cooper [MSFT] wrote: -----
>
>      One way to do it is to set users' profiles in the Local Users and
Groups UI.
>      This is probably another one of those things that are more difficult
on XP
>      Home Edition, though.
>      Help is much better on Windows XP than you might be used to.  Check
out the
>      info there for "net user".  That should work on Home, too, I believe.
>      -- 
>      Drew Cooper [MSFT]
>      This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>
>      "Heidi" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>      news:930401c3ea6d$1e29da20$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>      > I recently upgraded from ME to XP using an upgrade disc.
>      > All went well until I set up the user profiles in XP.  I
>      > first set up 4 users for each of the individuals in the
>      > household then decided to change/delete some of the user
>      > accounts so that the 2 children were combined in one
>      > account.  Now my welcome screen has the correctly updated
>      > user profiles but in the document and settings folder
>      > there were only 2 of the original 4 user folders set up.
>      > I manually created the missing user folders but the
>      > system won't allow me to delete or change the names of
>      > the folders created originally.  This would not be a
>      > problem for me except for the fact that the 2 original
>      > folders created were in the children's names and whenever
>      > I log in using my account...all the internet cookies and
>      > site path information register with one of the children's
>      > folders.  Is there a way to change these user profile
>      > folders in a more comprehensive manner rather than
>      > redoing the upgrade?
>      >> Heidi
>
>
>

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