Re: User account gone missing

[Gerry]

Thanks to everybody for taking the trouble to reply. It is much appreciated.
I will try later to create a new user and copy the old user profile, as
Feng suggested (btw, the user does not appear in the
SpecialAccounts\UserList but the profile at least exists). As Ramesh
indicated the account's group membership is messed-up - Local Group
Memberships shows as empty instead of *Administrators and *Users as per
another user.

I'll also try restoring to an earlier point to see if my meddling can be
undone. Will let you know what happens, but for the moment thanks again.

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome Gerry.

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"Gerry" > wrote in message =
...
Thanks to everybody for taking the trouble to reply. It is much =
appreciated.
I will try later to create a new user and copy the old user profile, as
Feng suggested (btw, the user does not appear in the
SpecialAccounts\UserList but the profile at least exists). As Ramesh
indicated the account's group membership is messed-up - Local Group
Memberships shows as empty instead of *Administrators and *Users as per
another user.

I'll also try restoring to an earlier point to see if my meddling can =
be
undone. Will let you know what happens, but for the moment thanks =
again.

[Gerry]

As per Feng's suggestion
"... you may create a new User Account for your son, log on as the new user
account and then copy the origional User Profile to the new one. To copy
User Profile, click Start, right click My Computer, and then choose
Properties from the context menu. Click Settings button in User Profiles
section of advanced tab. Then you will see the window to copy User Profile."
.... I created a new user but when copying the profile I was unsure what to
enter for the 'path to the folder for the copied user profile', even after
selecting Browse (My Computer was highlighted). As this solution would still
leave a 'corrupt' user on the system I chickened out out at this point, I'm
afraid, and resorted to a system restore to some distant point in the past.
And all is now ok.
In future I will try to resist the temptation to fiddle with things I don't
really understand, but it's hard sometimes. Sorry to have wasted your time,
but thanks again for your much valued advice.

[Gerry]

As per Feng's suggestion
"... you may create a new User Account for your son, log on as the new user
account and then copy the origional User Profile to the new one. To copy
User Profile, click Start, right click My Computer, and then choose
Properties from the context menu. Click Settings button in User Profiles
section of advanced tab. Then you will see the window to copy User Profile."
.... I created a new user but when copying the profile I was unsure what to
enter for the 'path to the folder for the copied user profile', even after
selecting Browse (My Computer was highlighted). As this solution would still
leave a 'corrupt' user on the system I chickened out out at this point, I'm
afraid, and resorted to a system restore to some distant point in the past.
And all is now ok.
In future I will try to resist the temptation to fiddle with things I don't
really understand, but it's hard sometimes. Sorry to have wasted your time,
but thanks again for your much valued advice.

[Gerry]

As per Feng's suggestion
"... you may create a new User Account for your son, log on as the new user
account and then copy the origional User Profile to the new one. To copy
User Profile, click Start, right click My Computer, and then choose
Properties from the context menu. Click Settings button in User Profiles
section of advanced tab. Then you will see the window to copy User Profile."
.... I created a new user but when copying the profile I was unsure what to
enter for the 'path to the folder for the copied user profile', even after
selecting Browse (My Computer was highlighted). As this solution would still
leave a 'corrupt' user on the system I chickened out out at this point, I'm
afraid, and resorted to a system restore to some distant point in the past.
And all is now ok.
In future I will try to resist the temptation to fiddle with things I don't
really understand, but it's hard sometimes. Sorry to have wasted your time,
but thanks again for your much valued advice.

[Gerry]

As per Feng's suggestion
"... you may create a new User Account for your son, log on as the new user
account and then copy the origional User Profile to the new one. To copy
User Profile, click Start, right click My Computer, and then choose
Properties from the context menu. Click Settings button in User Profiles
section of advanced tab. Then you will see the window to copy User Profile."
.... I created a new user but when copying the profile I was unsure what to
enter for the 'path to the folder for the copied user profile', even after
selecting Browse (My Computer was highlighted). As this solution would still
leave a 'corrupt' user on the system I chickened out out at this point, I'm
afraid, and resorted to a system restore to some distant point in the past.
And all is now ok.
In future I will try to resist the temptation to fiddle with things I don't
really understand, but it's hard sometimes. Sorry to have wasted your time,
but thanks again for your much valued advice.

[Feng Mao]

Hi Gerry,

Thank you for posting back!

I am glad that System Restore has solved the problem and everything looks
good now.

If you have any questions in the future, please don't hesitate to post in
the newsgroup.

Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards,

Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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