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I am new to Windows XP.
I set up two user accounts, one for me and one for my wife. When I go into the Control Panel I see these two accounts and also a Guest account. When I go into Windows Explorer I see accounts for myself, my wife, guest, administrator and owner. The administrator folders are pretty much empty but the "owner" account folders have all of my favorites, desktop icons, cookies, etc. Where did this administrator and owner accounts come from? I never created these accounts and when I set up my account with my name I thought I was the administrator. Seeing how my fav's, desktop icons, etc are in the "owner" account I tried changing the name from owner to my name and it would not allow me to do this. I tried moving the items from the "owner" account to my account but again, I was not allowed to do this. How can I make the "owner" account name be my name? Thanks for any help. |
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Hi Jack,
The administrator and guest accounts are system defaults and should not be tampered with other than disabling the guest account (should you wish to). The "owner" account is the one the system used when you first used the machine until you setup your own accounts. This may also currently be the one you have as your own name (you can change the name that appears for your account, but not the folder that it uses). The AllUsers account should also be there, this is a common account which houses items shared by all accounts. What you are seeing is all part of the true user environment of an NT system and is perfectly normal. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Jack" wrote in message ... I am new to Windows XP. I set up two user accounts, one for me and one for my wife. When I go into the Control Panel I see these two accounts and also a Guest account. When I go into Windows Explorer I see accounts for myself, my wife, guest, administrator and owner. The administrator folders are pretty much empty but the "owner" account folders have all of my favorites, desktop icons, cookies, etc. Where did this administrator and owner accounts come from? I never created these accounts and when I set up my account with my name I thought I was the administrator. Seeing how my fav's, desktop icons, etc are in the "owner" account I tried changing the name from owner to my name and it would not allow me to do this. I tried moving the items from the "owner" account to my account but again, I was not allowed to do this. How can I make the "owner" account name be my name? Thanks for any help. |
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Rick,
Thanks for you help, I appreciate it. You are right, when I looked, I did find the AllUsers account too. Still a bit confused though. When I first turn on the computer I see my (Jack) account, my wife's account and the Guest account, which I have turned off. When I look in Windows Explorer I see all of the accounts...mine, my wife's, Guest, Administrator, All Users and Owner. Is there a way for me to enter my name (Jack) for my account into the accout that says Owner or will all of my fav's, desktop icons, etc, just have to remain in the Owner account? Thanks again Rick -----Original Message----- Hi Jack, The administrator and guest accounts are system defaults and should not be tampered with other than disabling the guest account (should you wish to). The "owner" account is the one the system used when you first used the machine until you setup your own accounts. This may also currently be the one you have as your own name (you can change the name that appears for your account, but not the folder that it uses). The AllUsers account should also be there, this is a common account which houses items shared by all accounts. What you are seeing is all part of the true user environment of an NT system and is perfectly normal. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Jack" wrote in message ... I am new to Windows XP. I set up two user accounts, one for me and one for my wife. When I go into the Control Panel I see these two accounts and also a Guest account. When I go into Windows Explorer I see accounts for myself, my wife, guest, administrator and owner. The administrator folders are pretty much empty but the "owner" account folders have all of my favorites, desktop icons, cookies, etc. Where did this administrator and owner accounts come from? I never created these accounts and when I set up my account with my name I thought I was the administrator. Seeing how my fav's, desktop icons, etc are in the "owner" account I tried changing the name from owner to my name and it would not allow me to do this. I tried moving the items from the "owner" account to my account but again, I was not allowed to do this. How can I make the "owner" account name be my name? Thanks for any help. . |
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Hi Jack,
Just copy over the ones you want to your own folder. You can't rename the "owner" folder (the system does not allow for renaming of the user account folders, only the username associated with it - the one you see on the logon screen). If your account is using the "jack" username folder, then you can safely remove the "owner" username folder later (reboot first and see if everything is where you want it). The rest of the username folders are system defaults and should not be messed with. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Jack" wrote in message ... Rick, Thanks for you help, I appreciate it. You are right, when I looked, I did find the AllUsers account too. Still a bit confused though. When I first turn on the computer I see my (Jack) account, my wife's account and the Guest account, which I have turned off. When I look in Windows Explorer I see all of the accounts...mine, my wife's, Guest, Administrator, All Users and Owner. Is there a way for me to enter my name (Jack) for my account into the accout that says Owner or will all of my fav's, desktop icons, etc, just have to remain in the Owner account? Thanks again Rick -----Original Message----- Hi Jack, The administrator and guest accounts are system defaults and should not be tampered with other than disabling the guest account (should you wish to). The "owner" account is the one the system used when you first used the machine until you setup your own accounts. This may also currently be the one you have as your own name (you can change the name that appears for your account, but not the folder that it uses). The AllUsers account should also be there, this is a common account which houses items shared by all accounts. What you are seeing is all part of the true user environment of an NT system and is perfectly normal. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Jack" wrote in message ... I am new to Windows XP. I set up two user accounts, one for me and one for my wife. When I go into the Control Panel I see these two accounts and also a Guest account. When I go into Windows Explorer I see accounts for myself, my wife, guest, administrator and owner. The administrator folders are pretty much empty but the "owner" account folders have all of my favorites, desktop icons, cookies, etc. Where did this administrator and owner accounts come from? I never created these accounts and when I set up my account with my name I thought I was the administrator. Seeing how my fav's, desktop icons, etc are in the "owner" account I tried changing the name from owner to my name and it would not allow me to do this. I tried moving the items from the "owner" account to my account but again, I was not allowed to do this. How can I make the "owner" account name be my name? Thanks for any help. . |
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Hi Rick,
Thanks again for your help. I will give that a try and see what happens. -----Original Message----- Hi Jack, Just copy over the ones you want to your own folder. You can't rename the "owner" folder (the system does not allow for renaming of the user account folders, only the username associated with it - the one you see on the logon screen). If your account is using the "jack" username folder, then you can safely remove the "owner" username folder later (reboot first and see if everything is where you want it). The rest of the username folders are system defaults and should not be messed with. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Jack" wrote in message ... Rick, Thanks for you help, I appreciate it. You are right, when I looked, I did find the AllUsers account too. Still a bit confused though. When I first turn on the computer I see my (Jack) account, my wife's account and the Guest account, which I have turned off. When I look in Windows Explorer I see all of the accounts...mine, my wife's, Guest, Administrator, All Users and Owner. Is there a way for me to enter my name (Jack) for my account into the accout that says Owner or will all of my fav's, desktop icons, etc, just have to remain in the Owner account? Thanks again Rick -----Original Message----- Hi Jack, The administrator and guest accounts are system defaults and should not be tampered with other than disabling the guest account (should you wish to). The "owner" account is the one the system used when you first used the machine until you setup your own accounts. This may also currently be the one you have as your own name (you can change the name that appears for your account, but not the folder that it uses). The AllUsers account should also be there, this is a common account which houses items shared by all accounts. What you are seeing is all part of the true user environment of an NT system and is perfectly normal. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Jack" wrote in message .. . I am new to Windows XP. I set up two user accounts, one for me and one for my wife. When I go into the Control Panel I see these two accounts and also a Guest account. When I go into Windows Explorer I see accounts for myself, my wife, guest, administrator and owner. The administrator folders are pretty much empty but the "owner" account folders have all of my favorites, desktop icons, cookies, etc. Where did this administrator and owner accounts come from? I never created these accounts and when I set up my account with my name I thought I was the administrator. Seeing how my fav's, desktop icons, etc are in the "owner" account I tried changing the name from owner to my name and it would not allow me to do this. I tried moving the items from the "owner" account to my account but again, I was not allowed to do this. How can I make the "owner" account name be my name? Thanks for any help. . . |
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