Re: Getting access to old user accounts

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:38:03 -0400

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421 

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"MFBedford" <MFBedford@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0E6946EF-04F1-4DF2-A035-16F1D685055F@microsoft.com...
>I had to do a complete re-install of Windows XP on a machine that got messed 
> up.  The install forced me to change the name of the computer from MF_AT_HOME 
> to MF-AT-HOME (it wouldn't let me keep the underscores due to what it said 
> where DNS issues).  After the re-install completed, I can't get access to the 
> user accounts that were on the machine.  I had an account before called 
> MFBedford.  When I create one now with that name, it calls the account 
> MFBedford.MF-AT-HOME.  I assume that this is due to the change of the name of 
> the computer.  How can I get access to the old MFBedford account (with all of 
> its installed applications, data files, etc.)?  I know that it is all there 
> as I can see it on the disk in the old MFBedford directory.
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> MFBedford