Windows 2k has stopped recording recently used docs

[Andy]

Hey gang. I've got a machine in my office which has
stopped keeping track of recently used documents. This
has happened in windows.. and also with our CAD program
both. AutoCad usually stores the last 5 or so drawings
which have been opened.. but starting a couple weeks ago
it stopped on this one machine in the office. I'm sure
it's a registry problem.. but I know very little about
them. BTW.. the user is set up as admin on the machine..

Any help would be greatly appriciated! TIA! -Andy

 

[Dave Patrick]

What happens if you logon as another (or new) user?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Hey gang. I've got a machine in my office which has
| stopped keeping track of recently used documents. This
| has happened in windows.. and also with our CAD program
| both. AutoCad usually stores the last 5 or so drawings
| which have been opened.. but starting a couple weeks ago
| it stopped on this one machine in the office. I'm sure
| it's a registry problem.. but I know very little about
| them. BTW.. the user is set up as admin on the machine..
|
| Any help would be greatly appriciated! TIA! -Andy

 

[Dave Patrick]

What happens if you logon as another (or new) user?

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Hey gang. I've got a machine in my office which has
| stopped keeping track of recently used documents. This
| has happened in windows.. and also with our CAD program
| both. AutoCad usually stores the last 5 or so drawings
| which have been opened.. but starting a couple weeks ago
| it stopped on this one machine in the office. I'm sure
| it's a registry problem.. but I know very little about
| them. BTW.. the user is set up as admin on the machine..
|
| Any help would be greatly appriciated! TIA! -Andy

 

[Andy]

Just tried that on the machine. Under a different user
the system logs recently used files normally.
Unfortunatly I can't change the user to a diff user
login. Any ideas what would be causing this?

 

[Andy]

Just tried that on the machine. Under a different user
the system logs recently used files normally.
Unfortunatly I can't change the user to a diff user
login. Any ideas what would be causing this?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Possibly the profile is somehow corrupt. While logged on as local
administrator you can rename the corrupt profile. Then when the user next
logs on a new profile will be created from an image in \default user

You can then copy over the needed items from the old profile. Use the import
function of your mail software.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Just tried that on the machine. Under a different user
| the system logs recently used files normally.
| Unfortunatly I can't change the user to a diff user
| login. Any ideas what would be causing this?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Possibly the profile is somehow corrupt. While logged on as local
administrator you can rename the corrupt profile. Then when the user next
logs on a new profile will be created from an image in \default user

You can then copy over the needed items from the old profile. Use the import
function of your mail software.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Just tried that on the machine. Under a different user
| the system logs recently used files normally.
| Unfortunatly I can't change the user to a diff user
| login. Any ideas what would be causing this?

 

[Andy]

That idea had occured to me as well. However.. the cad
software is set up such that it runs only from the
administrator profile. (which is where I had the user set
up.) (renamed the admin profile to him) So any ideas on
how to salvage the admin profile?

 

[Andy]

That idea had occured to me as well. However.. the cad
software is set up such that it runs only from the
administrator profile. (which is where I had the user set
up.) (renamed the admin profile to him) So any ideas on
how to salvage the admin profile?

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article will guide you on replacing the administrator profile.

User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296834


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| That idea had occured to me as well. However.. the cad
| software is set up such that it runs only from the
| administrator profile. (which is where I had the user set
| up.) (renamed the admin profile to him) So any ideas on
| how to salvage the admin profile?

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article will guide you on replacing the administrator profile.

User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296834


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| That idea had occured to me as well. However.. the cad
| software is set up such that it runs only from the
| administrator profile. (which is where I had the user set
| up.) (renamed the admin profile to him) So any ideas on
| how to salvage the admin profile?

 

[Guest]

Thanks Dave, I'll give that a try. Appriciate your help!

 

[Guest]

Thanks Dave, I'll give that a try. Appriciate your help!