Restoring folders LocalService, NetworkService and Default User

[M. de Francisco]

When eliminating Netsky worm from my computer (Pentiu4,
2G, with 512 Ram) I inadvertently (and stupidly)
cancelled three folders under "Documents and Settings":
LocalService, NetworkService and Default User. Now, my
computer takes more than two minutes for the logon and
under the events viewer I see two errors (number 1500, no
reference to them in Windows when I notify the error),
one under Local Service and the other under Network
Service. So, I believe that it is the lack of these two
folders that is creating problems. After this initial
dealy, the computer works without a hitch, so the problem
is not very serious, but I would prefer to have it
identified and solved.

Does anyone know how I could restore these folders or
force Windows to recreate them (they are hidden folders,
but I have modified the necessary parameters to see them,
and they are not there, and I believe that they are
created by Windows automatically during the installation)?

Many thanks

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

When eliminating Netsky worm from my computer (Pentiu4,
2G, with 512 Ram) I inadvertently (and stupidly)
cancelled three folders under "Documents and Settings":
LocalService, NetworkService and Default User. Now, my
computer takes more than two minutes for the logon and
under the events viewer I see two errors (number 1500, no
reference to them in Windows when I notify the error),
one under Local Service and the other under Network
Service. So, I believe that it is the lack of these two
folders that is creating problems. After this initial
dealy, the computer works without a hitch, so the problem
is not very serious, but I would prefer to have it
identified and solved.

Reinstall Windows. See "How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade
(Reinstallation) of Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315341).