combining user names

[brian s]

is it possible to combine user accounts without losing the
files and documents. would i be able to have all the files
of both names on one account?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Brian,

Choose which account you want to keep, logon as administrator. Copy the data
over from the one you don't want to the one you do. Remove the unwanted
account (control panel/users).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

I should also mention that if any of the files are encrypted, you should
export the encryption keys, you will need them to recover the data. For
anything that has been made private, this can help:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Malke]

is it possible to combine user accounts without losing the
files and documents. would i be able to have all the files
of both names on one account?

Not really. What you'd want to do is make a new user, calling that
account anything you want, like "brianandlove". Then copy over all the
data you want to keep from the other accounts into the new account.
Then you can get rid of the old accounts.

Malke