Re: Lost user accts.

Another possibility is that the other user accounts became disabled somehow.
Use lusrmgr.msc to manage the local users which I like better than using
Control Panel. You can use the command net users to see the list of users on
the computer and the command net user username will show more details about
a particular user account including if it is disabled or not. --- Steve


"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You need to logon as an administrator and take ownership of those folders
> being sure to select the option to change owner on subcontainers and
> objects. Then give your account and any other accounts you want to have
> access to the folders. Usually you give administrators full control. You
> should be able to access the built in administrator account at least by
> booting into Safe Mode and hopefully you know the password to it and if
> not try leaving the password blank to see if that works. The link below
> explains more on taking ownership and managing folder/NTFS permissions ad
> be sure to pay attention to the part on disabling simple file sharing if
> you are using it. --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
>
> "stevev" <stevev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uN4OisDDGHA.1180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> After getting an iPod for Christmas, my girlfriend added a new user to
>> our
>> Dell desktop (WinXP Pro). This was the 3rd user account on this machine
>> (not counting Guest which is turned off). We were able to switch between
>> the new (3rd) user and the original user accounts UNTIL we shut the
>> machine
>> off. When it rebooted only the new user appears on the screen, and we
>> cannot access all of the files on the computer...although they all appear
>> to
>> be intact when viewed in My Computer. Any ideas would be
>> appreciated...thanks in advance.
>> SteveV
>>
>>
>
>


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