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After I started a thread (5/12/08) explaining that my user acc. Kuzman Novak was cloned to Kuzman Novak.NOVAK which took over on start-up I received very useful reply by "Anteaus" fully explained in page kb/314045 Upon reading it, I'd like to further evaluate my problem, and ask "Anteaus" to comment the following, if possible: Following instructions given in kb/314045, I opened Registry\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Win dows NT\ProfilList and there I found: S-1-5-18 (systemroot\system 32\config\systemprofile) S-1-5-19 (documents and Settings\LocalService) S-1-5-20 (documents and Settings\NetworkService) S-1-5-21 with three extensions and with the following ProfileImagePaths: S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-500 (administrator) S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003 (Kuzman Novak.NOVAK) S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003.bak (Kuzman Novak) Obviously, the last one (with .bak extension) is my original (lost) User, while the one above with Path: Kuzman Novak.NOVAK is cloned one. This one is now in use. Before I do anything, I though it would be wise to ask you for an oppinion: What should I do now? Rename something, delete something .... Thanks in advance. Kuzman Novak |
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Angler wrote:
XP SP3 After I started a thread (5/12/08) explaining that my user acc. Kuzman Novak was cloned to Kuzman Novak.NOVAK which took over on start-up I received very useful reply by "Anteaus" fully explained in page kb/314045 Upon reading it, I'd like to further evaluate my problem, and ask "Anteaus" to comment the following, if possible: Following instructions given in kb/314045, I opened Registry\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Win dows NT\ProfilList and there I found: S-1-5-18 (systemroot\system 32\config\systemprofile) S-1-5-19 (documents and Settings\LocalService) S-1-5-20 (documents and Settings\NetworkService) S-1-5-21 with three extensions and with the following ProfileImagePaths: S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-500 (administrator) S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003 (Kuzman Novak.NOVAK) S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003.bak (Kuzman Novak) Obviously, the last one (with .bak extension) is my original (lost) User, while the one above with Path: Kuzman Novak.NOVAK is cloned one. This one is now in use. Before I do anything, I though it would be wise to ask you for an oppinion: What should I do now? Rename something, delete something Something happened to your original profile. (It is the profile - not the account. The account is just the username/password combination. The Profile is the directory structure you are speaking of.) It could have become corrupt, etc. If it were me - I would create a new user account and log into it. I would set it up the way I wanted (desktop arrangement, start menu arrangement, background image, "My Computer" look, etc.) and then take ownership of all the other directories (profile folders) with my old user information in them. I would manually copy over the Internet Favorites, My Documents, etc that I wanted to keep from the old account profile directories. Once I was *sure* I had everything - I would copy all the other user profile directories (where I pulled information out of) to an external storage medium - CD/DVD or external hard drive or something. Actually move it off the computer. I would then go into my Users control panel and erase the old user accounts. The movement of the files/folders is a safety fall-back. That way I can still get to the data. The new account and profile is to make sure I start out with a completely clean profile. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Dear Shenan Stanley
Thanks a lot. The idea is really good and clear. I am ready to work it out as per your suggestion. However, in order to avoid quite a procedure, what do you think of following shortcut using regedit: 1. I rename ProfileImagePath in ProfileList S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003 (Kuzman Novak.NOVAK) to Kuzman Novak 2. I rename ProfileImagePath in ProfileList S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003.bak (Kuzman Novak) to Kuzman Novak.NOVAK What might hapen? Best regards Kuzman Novak "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Angler wrote: XP SP3 After I started a thread (5/12/08) explaining that my user acc. Kuzman Novak was cloned to Kuzman Novak.NOVAK which took over on start-up I received very useful reply by "Anteaus" fully explained in page kb/314045 Upon reading it, I'd like to further evaluate my problem, and ask "Anteaus" to comment the following, if possible: Following instructions given in kb/314045, I opened Registry\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Win dows NT\ProfilList and there I found: S-1-5-18 (systemroot\system 32\config\systemprofile) S-1-5-19 (documents and Settings\LocalService) S-1-5-20 (documents and Settings\NetworkService) S-1-5-21 with three extensions and with the following ProfileImagePaths: S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-500 (administrator) S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003 (Kuzman Novak.NOVAK) S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003.bak (Kuzman Novak) Obviously, the last one (with .bak extension) is my original (lost) User, while the one above with Path: Kuzman Novak.NOVAK is cloned one. This one is now in use. Before I do anything, I though it would be wise to ask you for an oppinion: What should I do now? Rename something, delete something Something happened to your original profile. (It is the profile - not the account. The account is just the username/password combination. The Profile is the directory structure you are speaking of.) It could have become corrupt, etc. If it were me - I would create a new user account and log into it. I would set it up the way I wanted (desktop arrangement, start menu arrangement, background image, "My Computer" look, etc.) and then take ownership of all the other directories (profile folders) with my old user information in them. I would manually copy over the Internet Favorites, My Documents, etc that I wanted to keep from the old account profile directories. Once I was *sure* I had everything - I would copy all the other user profile directories (where I pulled information out of) to an external storage medium - CD/DVD or external hard drive or something. Actually move it off the computer. I would then go into my Users control panel and erase the old user accounts. The movement of the files/folders is a safety fall-back. That way I can still get to the data. The new account and profile is to make sure I start out with a completely clean profile. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Angler wrote:
Dear Shenan Stanley Thanks a lot. The idea is really good and clear. I am ready to work it out as per your suggestion. However, in order to avoid quite a procedure, what do you think of following shortcut using regedit: 1. I rename ProfileImagePath in ProfileList S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003 (Kuzman Novak.NOVAK) to Kuzman Novak 2. I rename ProfileImagePath in ProfileList S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003.bak (Kuzman Novak) to Kuzman Novak.NOVAK What might hapen? It might load your old profile. It might fail and create another profile for you to mess with. (If it created the new one because of corruption - doubtful that corruption fixed itself. If it created the new one because of a repair installation - doubtful it will recognize the old user IDs.) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Dear Stanley,
I did "as if I were you" and it worked out. Thanks for help. Kuzman Novak "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Angler wrote: Dear Shenan Stanley Thanks a lot. The idea is really good and clear. I am ready to work it out as per your suggestion. However, in order to avoid quite a procedure, what do you think of following shortcut using regedit: 1. I rename ProfileImagePath in ProfileList S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003 (Kuzman Novak.NOVAK) to Kuzman Novak 2. I rename ProfileImagePath in ProfileList S-1-5-21-823518204-839522115-725345543-1003.bak (Kuzman Novak) to Kuzman Novak.NOVAK What might hapen? It might load your old profile. It might fail and create another profile for you to mess with. (If it created the new one because of corruption - doubtful that corruption fixed itself. If it created the new one because of a repair installation - doubtful it will recognize the old user IDs.) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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