Cannot See One of the XP Users

[Clifford New XP User]

During the login and when I go to the user accounts area
of the control panel I cannot set the
user "Administrator". I have looked at artical Q297221
and it suggest going Computer Management/Local Users and
Groups/Users find the user that is missing and you will
see that it is dissabled. In my case the user is not
dissabled but I still do not see this user in either the
login or the user accounts area of the contol panel.

This is a big problem since I just updated from windows
2000 and this was the use associate with the win 2K
system so all of my information is with this user. I'm
not sure why it dissapeared.

Thanks,
Cliff

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's pretty much the same as Win2K, actually. (I never use the
Control Panel to access such things, on either OS, though, so there
might be a difference there that I've not noticed.) Right-click My
Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups.

Bruce Chambers

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[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

During the login and when I go to the user accounts area
of the control panel I cannot set the
user "Administrator". I have looked at artical Q297221
and it suggest going Computer Management/Local Users and
Groups/Users find the user that is missing and you will
see that it is dissabled. In my case the user is not
dissabled but I still do not see this user in either the
login or the user accounts area of the contol panel.

This is a big problem since I just updated from windows
2000 and this was the use associate with the win 2K
system so all of my information is with this user. I'm
not sure why it dissapeared.

Clifford

The files for that user profile should still be on the hard drive. You can
retrieve them by taking ownership of that users folder under Documents and
Settings. You may also be able to copy the contents of that user profile to
your new profile.

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

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[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Greetings --

It's pretty much the same as Win2K, actually. (I never use the
Control Panel to access such things, on either OS, though, so there
might be a difference there that I've not noticed.) Right-click My
Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups.

Bruce Chambers

--The problem is that I cannot login to Administrator. I

could at first but no longer appears as an option during
login. However it does appear under Computer > Manage >
Local Users and Groups.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----



Clifford

The files for that user profile should still be on the hard drive. You can
retrieve them by taking ownership of that users folder under Documents and
Settings. You may also be able to copy the contents of that user profile to
your new profile.

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://www.mvps.org



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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

In Win XP, once you create additional users, the Administrator account disappears from the Welcome Screen and the Users Control Panel applet. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen, with no user logged on, and you'll get the old Win2K style logon dialog.

Also, To enable the Administrator account on the new Windows XP logon screen, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to the Windows XP section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account ......

This small VB Script will make the registry change necessary for the Administrator account to be available on the Welcome Screen.