Hi.

I've re-installed XP Pro SP 2 onto my system by booting from the CD. This
did not offer me the option of an upgrade, so I chose to overwrite the
original Windows installation. I now have a new default account alongside
the original user accounts that contain various customised program
configurations.

How do I make my original user account the default account? I've tried
using Windows Explorer to copy files and settings to the new default account
but this process always aborts when certain (system?) files are encountered.

The 'import files and settings' wizard won't allow me to import from the
pre-existing accounts because I didn't set up a 'transfer files' package
beforehand.

Thanks in advance.

MF

"emmeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9374A929-7F54-451C-BB00-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi.
>
> I've re-installed XP Pro SP 2 onto my system by booting from the CD. This
> did not offer me the option of an upgrade, so I chose to overwrite the
> original Windows installation. I now have a new default account alongside
> the original user accounts that contain various customised program
> configurations.
>
> How do I make my original user account the default account? I've tried
> using Windows Explorer to copy files and settings to the new default
account
> but this process always aborts when certain (system?) files are
encountered.
>
> The 'import files and settings' wizard won't allow me to import from the
> pre-existing accounts because I didn't set up a 'transfer files' package
> beforehand.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> MF

Let's assume that your logon name is "MF" and that your previous
profile folder was "c:\documents and settings\mf". Do this:

1. Create a second admin account.
2. Reboot the machine and log on as the second admin.
3. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
net user mf /delete
ren "c:\documents and settings\mf" "mf.old"
net user mf SomePassword /add
net localgroup administrators mf /add
4. Log off, then log on as "mf".
5. Reboot, then log on under the second admin account.
6. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
rd /s "c:\documents and settings\mf"
ren "mf.old "c:\documents and settings\mf"

These steps will do two things:
- They force the mf account to use the profile folder name
"c:\documents and settings\mf"
- They restore the contents of the previous profile folder.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "emmeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9374A929-7F54-451C-BB00-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi.
> >
> > I've re-installed XP Pro SP 2 onto my system by booting from the CD. This
> > did not offer me the option of an upgrade, so I chose to overwrite the
> > original Windows installation. I now have a new default account alongside
> > the original user accounts that contain various customised program
> > configurations.
> >
> > How do I make my original user account the default account? I've tried
> > using Windows Explorer to copy files and settings to the new default
> account
> > but this process always aborts when certain (system?) files are
> encountered.
> >
> > The 'import files and settings' wizard won't allow me to import from the
> > pre-existing accounts because I didn't set up a 'transfer files' package
> > beforehand.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > MF
>
> Let's assume that your logon name is "MF" and that your previous
> profile folder was "c:\documents and settings\mf". Do this:
>
> 1. Create a second admin account.
> 2. Reboot the machine and log on as the second admin.
> 3. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
> net user mf /delete
> ren "c:\documents and settings\mf" "mf.old"
> net user mf SomePassword /add
> net localgroup administrators mf /add
> 4. Log off, then log on as "mf".
> 5. Reboot, then log on under the second admin account.
> 6. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
> rd /s "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> ren "mf.old "c:\documents and settings\mf"
>
> These steps will do two things:
> - They force the mf account to use the profile folder name
> "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> - They restore the contents of the previous profile folder.
>
>
Thank you! This has helped enormously. Much relief. And -- because of the
re-install -- my system is running better than it has for a long time.

Thanks again.

MF

"emmeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3DF5955D-BDDB-4674-9968-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "emmeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:9374A929-7F54-451C-BB00-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I've re-installed XP Pro SP 2 onto my system by booting from the CD.
This
> > > did not offer me the option of an upgrade, so I chose to overwrite the
> > > original Windows installation. I now have a new default account
alongside
> > > the original user accounts that contain various customised program
> > > configurations.
> > >
> > > How do I make my original user account the default account? I've
tried
> > > using Windows Explorer to copy files and settings to the new default
> > account
> > > but this process always aborts when certain (system?) files are
> > encountered.
> > >
> > > The 'import files and settings' wizard won't allow me to import from
the
> > > pre-existing accounts because I didn't set up a 'transfer files'
package
> > > beforehand.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > MF
> >
> > Let's assume that your logon name is "MF" and that your previous
> > profile folder was "c:\documents and settings\mf". Do this:
> >
> > 1. Create a second admin account.
> > 2. Reboot the machine and log on as the second admin.
> > 3. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
> > net user mf /delete
> > ren "c:\documents and settings\mf" "mf.old"
> > net user mf SomePassword /add
> > net localgroup administrators mf /add
> > 4. Log off, then log on as "mf".
> > 5. Reboot, then log on under the second admin account.
> > 6. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
> > rd /s "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> > ren "mf.old "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> >
> > These steps will do two things:
> > - They force the mf account to use the profile folder name
> > "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> > - They restore the contents of the previous profile folder.
> >
> >
> Thank you! This has helped enormously. Much relief. And -- because of
the
> re-install -- my system is running better than it has for a long time.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> MF

Thanks for the feedback.

Helped me too and I been searching for this kind of info for a couple weeks
now. Thanks sooooooo much.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "emmeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3DF5955D-BDDB-4674-9968-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "emmeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:9374A929-7F54-451C-BB00-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hi.
> > > >
> > > > I've re-installed XP Pro SP 2 onto my system by booting from the CD.
> This
> > > > did not offer me the option of an upgrade, so I chose to overwrite the
> > > > original Windows installation. I now have a new default account
> alongside
> > > > the original user accounts that contain various customised program
> > > > configurations.
> > > >
> > > > How do I make my original user account the default account? I've
> tried
> > > > using Windows Explorer to copy files and settings to the new default
> > > account
> > > > but this process always aborts when certain (system?) files are
> > > encountered.
> > > >
> > > > The 'import files and settings' wizard won't allow me to import from
> the
> > > > pre-existing accounts because I didn't set up a 'transfer files'
> package
> > > > beforehand.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > MF
> > >
> > > Let's assume that your logon name is "MF" and that your previous
> > > profile folder was "c:\documents and settings\mf". Do this:
> > >
> > > 1. Create a second admin account.
> > > 2. Reboot the machine and log on as the second admin.
> > > 3. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
> > > net user mf /delete
> > > ren "c:\documents and settings\mf" "mf.old"
> > > net user mf SomePassword /add
> > > net localgroup administrators mf /add
> > > 4. Log off, then log on as "mf".
> > > 5. Reboot, then log on under the second admin account.
> > > 6. Start a Command Prompt and type these commands:
> > > rd /s "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> > > ren "mf.old "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> > >
> > > These steps will do two things:
> > > - They force the mf account to use the profile folder name
> > > "c:\documents and settings\mf"
> > > - They restore the contents of the previous profile folder.
> > >
> > >
> > Thank you! This has helped enormously. Much relief. And -- because of
> the
> > re-install -- my system is running better than it has for a long time.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > MF
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
>
>