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"BROKEN" USER ACCOUNT
When I installed WXP, SP2, I initially gave my full name in setting up my
account, but then changed my account type from "Administrator" to "Power User" and shortened the account name to my nickname. I then created another "Power User" account for the other user on the PC, initially giving his full name as well but then shortening it to his nickname. I then renamed the "PCname/Administrator" account to disguise it. I created passwords for all three of the accounts. Everything worked fine, except that the directory structure under "Documents and Settings" for all accounts EXCEPT MY INITIAL ONE showed the correct new name. My own account persisted in showing my full name, which seemd to revealing to me. I tried a number of times to change the name without success: twice "denied access" and once seemed to take the change, but then reverted to the original full name with reboot. Finally, just recently, the system allowed me to rename the relevant folders, the change persisted, but, as I should have known, the original profile is now inaccessible. When I try to log on as myself, the system creates a new "Documents and Settings" user directory with the name "me(current account name)/PCname", but without ANY OF MY CONFIGURATIONS, even trying to set up Outlook, etc. from scratch. The old (full name) folder structure remains. I tried, under "Computer Management" "Local Users and Groups" "Users" "My account" right click, "Properties" "Profile" to set the home folder to the old (original) one, but it doesn't seem to help. i also changed all of the name revisions in the original subdirectory back to their original format, again without success. Can someone please tell me how to rescue all 256 MB of my user data? PLEASE!! |
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