which profiles can I delete?

[Guest]

OK I have posted before about this subject, and I got a lot of help.
I just need one more piece of advice.
I have the user profiles listed below.

Administrator, All users, Greg Bean, Greg Bean.hal9000 and GREGBE~1~Hal.
I only need one profile. (Im greg bean). I know that I need to keep
administrator and all users. all of my shortcuts point to the Greg
Bean.hal9000 profile.

Question; Can I delete the Greg Bean and the GREGBE~1~Hal profile? and just
keep
the GregBean.Hal9000 Profile?

point interest: I dont have a "Default user" profile.

Win xp home. alienware area 51 notebook.

 

[R. McCarty]

Just back them up first. You do have a Default User profile it's just
hidden by normal System, Protected and Hidden properties of the
Explorer view.

Default User is the template that is applied when newly created
users first log on to the PC.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Greg Bean, Greg Bean.hal9000 and GREGBE~1~Hal

Greg Bean is probably the original profile.
Greg Bean.hal9000 hal9000 is probably the computer name.
GREGBE~1~Hal looks like an 8.3 version of Greg Bean.hal9000

Some of these accounts are Hidden, do not delete them:
Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService


If you lose Full Control permissions to your profile folder, in the
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings folder, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
will create a new one the next time you log on. The new profile is named:

UserName - if the older profile was deleted.
UserName.ComputerName - if the old profile exists.
UserName.ComputerName.000 - if UserName.ComputerName exists.
UserName.ComputerName.001 - if UserName.ComputerName.000 exists.

Above explains how the names are arrived at.

Below are some links on how to recover and/or remove what's not needed.

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

How to rename or move a User Profile folder
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm

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

How To Restore a User Profile in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324734

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

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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