can't create duplicate user account

I've created a new user account and I'm trying to copy my other user account
to this one so they will both be the same. I've gone to Control Panel,
System, Advanced, User Profiles Settings...I can see the Copy To choice, but
it's greyed out for either of my two accounts. They are both listed as
Type: Local and Status: Local. Both accounts have administrator
priviledges. Is there a way to unlock the Copy To choice so I can proceed?

John

You have to copy from another account with administrative privileges,
you cannot copy the account that your are logged onto.

John

jbclem wrote:

I've created a new user account and I'm trying to copy my other user account
to this one so they will both be the same. I've gone to Control Panel,
System, Advanced, User Profiles Settings...I can see the Copy To choice, but
it's greyed out for either of my two accounts. They are both listed as
Type: Local and Status: Local. Both accounts have administrator
priviledges. Is there a way to unlock the Copy To choice so I can proceed?

John

jbclem wrote:

I've created a new user account and I'm trying to copy my other user account
to this one so they will both be the same. I've gone to Control Panel,
System, Advanced, User Profiles Settings...I can see the Copy To choice, but
it's greyed out for either of my two accounts. They are both listed as
Type: Local and Status: Local. Both accounts have administrator
priviledges. Is there a way to unlock the Copy To choice so I can proceed?

John

You need 3 accounts:
- The one you are logged under (mediator account).
- The one from which you want to copy its profile folder (source).
- The one to which you want to overwrite its profile folder (target).

You cannot be logged onto the source or target accounts used during the
copy. Note that if you boot Windows and login into an account and then
logout, you may not be fully logged out. The .dat files for the
registry may still be inuse. To eliminate that problem, either reboot
and log into the mediator account without ever touching the source and
target accounts, or get Microsoft's UPHC (User Profile Hive Cleanup)
utility. This forces a release of accounts still inuse when you logoff.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...0-42470e2f3582