Documents and Settings folders

[Guest]

Hello.

We have a laptop that's been used for a lot of testing and changes for a
couple of years.

The Documents and Settings folder has become full of folders from various
testing situations with different usernames and network operating systems.
They look like this:
administrator
administrator.LAKESIDEOFFICES
Administrator.LAKESIDEOFFICES.000
All Users
All Users.WINXP
Default User
Default User.WINXP
itestor
Joanna
Joanna.HPLAPTOP
Joanna.HPLAPTOP.000
LocalService
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY
NetworkService
NetworkService.NT AUTHORITY
Owner

Can i safely delete any of these folders. We only use Administrator and
Joanna

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I am not going to tell you what to delete. Look at the links and decide for
yourself. ;-)

These are the most likely to keep.

administrator
All Users
Default User
Joanna
LocalService
NetworkService

Owner was probably created by whoever originally installed XP on your
machine, there would've been an account to match.

All of these look like they were created because of incorrect permissions.

administrator.LAKESIDEOFFICES
Administrator.LAKESIDEOFFICES.000
All Users.WINXP
Default User.WINXP
Joanna.HPLAPTOP
Joanna.HPLAPTOP.000
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY
NetworkService.NT AUTHORITY

See these to see more info...

Duplicate profile folders exist under the "Documents and Settings" folder
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/restprofile.htm

HOW TO: Restore a User Profile in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314045

How do I recovery a lost local user profile?
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBJ/tip4600/rh4631.htm

Scroll down to
Match Users to Data
here...
Windows Rejuvenated
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,119266,pg,3,00.asp


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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