Will Someone Please Help Me?

[Gary]

Please, someone, I really need some HELP!

When I try to access user accounts in my contol panel, I
get a message that says "wrong number of arguments or
invalid property assignment".

When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, and then
to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is X-ed
out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users & Groups, it
says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad syntax'

What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can I fix
this?

Thank you!
Gary

my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
my OS: XP Professional

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Anything useful in your event logs?

Gary wrote:
> Please, someone, I really need some HELP!
>
> When I try to access user accounts in my contol panel, I
> get a message that says "wrong number of arguments or
> invalid property assignment".
>
> When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, and then
> to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is X-ed
> out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users & Groups, it
> says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad syntax'
>
> What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can I fix
> this?
>
> Thank you!
> Gary
>
> my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
> my OS: XP Professional

[Gary]

I'm not sure I know what those are... if can you direct
me to them, I'll take a look and get back to you.

>-----Original Message-----
>Anything useful in your event logs?
>
>Gary wrote:
>> Please, someone, I really need some HELP!
>>
>> When I try to access user accounts in my contol panel,
I
>> get a message that says "wrong number of arguments or
>> invalid property assignment".
>>
>> When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, and
then
>> to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is X-ed
>> out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users & Groups,
it
>> says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad
syntax'
>>
>> What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can I
fix
>> this?
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Gary
>>
>> my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
>> my OS: XP Professional
>
>
>.
>

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Control panel, administrative tools

Gary wrote:
> I'm not sure I know what those are... if can you direct
> me to them, I'll take a look and get back to you.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Anything useful in your event logs?
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> Please, someone, I really need some HELP!
>>>
>>> When I try to access user accounts in my contol panel, I
>>> get a message that says "wrong number of arguments or
>>> invalid property assignment".
>>>
>>> When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, and then
>>> to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is X-ed
>>> out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users & Groups, it
>>> says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad syntax'
>>>
>>> What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can I fix
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
>>> my OS: XP Professional
>>
>>
>> .

[Gary]

Thanks. Found it.... but, as much as I hate to admit it,
most of what I've seen there is way over my head. Can you
give me some advice as to what to look for, etc.?

>-----Original Message-----
>Control panel, administrative tools
>
>Gary wrote:
>> I'm not sure I know what those are... if can you direct
>> me to them, I'll take a look and get back to you.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Anything useful in your event logs?
>>>
>>> Gary wrote:
>>>> Please, someone, I really need some HELP!
>>>>
>>>> When I try to access user accounts in my contol
panel, I
>>>> get a message that says "wrong number of arguments or
>>>> invalid property assignment".
>>>>
>>>> When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, and
then
>>>> to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is X-
ed
>>>> out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users &
Groups, it
>>>> says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad
syntax'
>>>>
>>>> What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can I
fix
>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
>>>> my OS: XP Professional
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>.
>

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The red ones are errors ;-)

Gary wrote:
> Thanks. Found it.... but, as much as I hate to admit it,
> most of what I've seen there is way over my head. Can you
> give me some advice as to what to look for, etc.?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Control panel, administrative tools
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> I'm not sure I know what those are... if can you direct
>>> me to them, I'll take a look and get back to you.
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Anything useful in your event logs?
>>>>
>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>> Please, someone, I really need some HELP!
>>>>>
>>>>> When I try to access user accounts in my contol panel, I
>>>>> get a message that says "wrong number of arguments or
>>>>> invalid property assignment".
>>>>>
>>>>> When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, and then
>>>>> to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is X- ed
>>>>> out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users &
> Groups, it
>>>>> says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad syntax'
>>>>>
>>>>> What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can I fix
>>>>> this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>> my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
>>>>> my OS: XP Professional
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>>
>> .

[Gary]

ok, now what types of things do you think I should be
looking for? There are a bunch of odd-looking error
messages, going back quite a way in time....


>-----Original Message-----
>The red ones are errors ;-)
>
>Gary wrote:
>> Thanks. Found it.... but, as much as I hate to admit
it,
>> most of what I've seen there is way over my head. Can
you
>> give me some advice as to what to look for, etc.?
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Control panel, administrative tools
>>>
>>> Gary wrote:
>>>> I'm not sure I know what those are... if can you
direct
>>>> me to them, I'll take a look and get back to you.
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> Anything useful in your event logs?
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>>> Please, someone, I really need some HELP!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I try to access user accounts in my contol
panel, I
>>>>>> get a message that says "wrong number of arguments
or
>>>>>> invalid property assignment".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage,
and then
>>>>>> to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is
X- ed
>>>>>> out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users &
>> Groups, it
>>>>>> says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad
syntax'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can
I fix
>>>>>> this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
>>>>>> my OS: XP Professional
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>.
>

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hard to say - look at your system log to see what looks relevant, and post
back here....

Gary wrote:
> ok, now what types of things do you think I should be
> looking for? There are a bunch of odd-looking error
> messages, going back quite a way in time....
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> The red ones are errors ;-)
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> Thanks. Found it.... but, as much as I hate to admit it,
>>> most of what I've seen there is way over my head. Can you
>>> give me some advice as to what to look for, etc.?
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Control panel, administrative tools
>>>>
>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>> I'm not sure I know what those are... if can you direct
>>>>> me to them, I'll take a look and get back to you.
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> Anything useful in your event logs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>>>> Please, someone, I really need some HELP!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I try to access user accounts in my contol panel, I
>>>>>>> get a message that says "wrong number of arguments or
>>>>>>> invalid property assignment".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, and then
>>>>>>> to Local Users & Groups, Local Users & Groups is X- ed
>>>>>>> out, and when I click on the x-ed out Users & Groups, it
>>>>>>> says 'unable to access computer: the error was bad syntax'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What the heck has happened? How do I fix this? Can I fix
>>>>>>> this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> my computer: IBM ThinkPad R32
>>>>>>> my OS: XP Professional
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>>
>> .