Re: what kind of profile is name.name of computer

[frank bruno]

GSV Three Minds in a Can ]> wrote in message >...
> Bitstring >, from the wonderful
> person frank > said
> >i recently had a crash in xp. i manged to get everything
> >up but now when i go log in a profile, i get
> >the "name.name of computer" format instead of the name of
> >the profile. i.e.
> >
> >glor.t22 instead of
> >
> >glor
> >
> >can anyone help here? id like to get back to the original
> >profile. maybe they are corrupted. if there is a resource
> >that would help me understand how the desktop profiles
> >work, id appreciate that also.
>
> This is what WinXP (and Win2k) do if they want to set up a profile but
> find one is already there under the same name. They will go on adding
> things (computer name, number, whatever) as long as it takes to get a
> unique 'glor' profile name.
>
> Just copy the bits of the old profile that you need over to the new one,
> and don't worry about what it is called.
>
> If you want to read all about it, I can recommend the (thick!
> expensive!!) books 'Windows XP Inside and Out'.

thanks so much for your help. BTW, who is the book by, publisher?

[frank bruno]

GSV Three Minds in a Can ]> wrote in message >...
> Bitstring >, from the wonderful
> person frank > said
> >i recently had a crash in xp. i manged to get everything
> >up but now when i go log in a profile, i get
> >the "name.name of computer" format instead of the name of
> >the profile. i.e.
> >
> >glor.t22 instead of
> >
> >glor
> >
> >can anyone help here? id like to get back to the original
> >profile. maybe they are corrupted. if there is a resource
> >that would help me understand how the desktop profiles
> >work, id appreciate that also.
>
> This is what WinXP (and Win2k) do if they want to set up a profile but
> find one is already there under the same name. They will go on adding
> things (computer name, number, whatever) as long as it takes to get a
> unique 'glor' profile name.
>
> Just copy the bits of the old profile that you need over to the new one,
> and don't worry about what it is called.
>
> If you want to read all about it, I can recommend the (thick!
> expensive!!) books 'Windows XP Inside and Out'.

thanks so much for your help. BTW, who is the book by, publisher?

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Bitstring >, from the
wonderful person frank bruno > said
<snip>
>> If you want to read all about it, I can recommend the (thick!
>> expensive!!) books 'Windows XP Inside and Out'.
>
>thanks so much for your help. BTW, who is the book by, publisher?

Ed Bott and Carl Siechert, Microsoft Press (sorry and all, but it =is=
probably the best book. 8>.). And 'books' was a typo (although it's fat
enough for a trilogy) - just one book, and a CD.

btw, in XP Pro you can use 'my computer, manage, local users & groups,
users, right-click-user, 'profiles' tab to set the profile path for a
user to what you'd want it to be (assuming user is not logged on).
However you don't get that facility in XP Home

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[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Bitstring >, from the
wonderful person frank bruno > said
<snip>
>> If you want to read all about it, I can recommend the (thick!
>> expensive!!) books 'Windows XP Inside and Out'.
>
>thanks so much for your help. BTW, who is the book by, publisher?

Ed Bott and Carl Siechert, Microsoft Press (sorry and all, but it =is=
probably the best book. 8>.). And 'books' was a typo (although it's fat
enough for a trilogy) - just one book, and a CD.

btw, in XP Pro you can use 'my computer, manage, local users & groups,
users, right-click-user, 'profiles' tab to set the profile path for a
user to what you'd want it to be (assuming user is not logged on).
However you don't get that facility in XP Home

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Outgoing Msgs are Turing Tested,and indistinguishable from human typing.

[frank bruno]

GSV Three Minds in a Can ]> wrote in message >...
> Bitstring >, from the
> wonderful person frank bruno > said
> <snip>
> >> If you want to read all about it, I can recommend the (thick!
> >> expensive!!) books 'Windows XP Inside and Out'.
> >
> >thanks so much for your help. BTW, who is the book by, publisher?
>
> Ed Bott and Carl Siechert, Microsoft Press (sorry and all, but it =is=
> probably the best book. 8>.). And 'books' was a typo (although it's fat
> enough for a trilogy) - just one book, and a CD.
>
> btw, in XP Pro you can use 'my computer, manage, local users & groups,
> users, right-click-user, 'profiles' tab to set the profile path for a
> user to what you'd want it to be (assuming user is not logged on).
> However you don't get that facility in XP Home

thanks so much. you can also change the profile path in the registry,
which i used, which i did. although, i think i might have to worry in
the future about setup paths or profiles because i am sure some apps
put the original profile path in some of their keys/hive.

[frank bruno]

GSV Three Minds in a Can ]> wrote in message >...
> Bitstring >, from the
> wonderful person frank bruno > said
> <snip>
> >> If you want to read all about it, I can recommend the (thick!
> >> expensive!!) books 'Windows XP Inside and Out'.
> >
> >thanks so much for your help. BTW, who is the book by, publisher?
>
> Ed Bott and Carl Siechert, Microsoft Press (sorry and all, but it =is=
> probably the best book. 8>.). And 'books' was a typo (although it's fat
> enough for a trilogy) - just one book, and a CD.
>
> btw, in XP Pro you can use 'my computer, manage, local users & groups,
> users, right-click-user, 'profiles' tab to set the profile path for a
> user to what you'd want it to be (assuming user is not logged on).
> However you don't get that facility in XP Home

thanks so much. you can also change the profile path in the registry,
which i used, which i did. although, i think i might have to worry in
the future about setup paths or profiles because i am sure some apps
put the original profile path in some of their keys/hive.