Copy administrator profile to user profile

[atDFN]

I've been logging in as administrator on my Win2K computer. I'd like
to copy the administrator profile to a user profile for myself so I
can stop logging in as administrator. Can someone tell me how to do
that? I'd like to have the desktop display exactly as I have it now as
administrator.
Thanks.



ben

 

[txm]

i don't think i've ever tried to do it but i believe this can be
accomplished under:
My Computer> System Properties> [can't remember which tab... sorry] > User
profiles> Settings

 

[SaltPeter]

I've been logging in as administrator on my Win2K computer. I'd like
to copy the administrator profile to a user profile for myself so I
can stop logging in as administrator. Can someone tell me how to do
that? I'd like to have the desktop display exactly as I have it now as
administrator.
Thanks.



ben

That won't help you any, copying a shortcut with profile won't magicly
enable applications that have user specific registry settings or require
administrative priviledges to operate. Say you are logged in as user "Joe",
which has power users privileges. Nothing stops you from using the "run as"
command to execute a given application or command with administratice
privileges or to use a command interpreter with administritive privileges.

example:
Start > Run > runas /user:machine_name\administrator cmd

The motivation behind your question must be commended, however. Its not a
good idea to run your OS with an admin login interactive. Note that the
command interpreter is your friend here, and note that any shortcut,
including control panel items present a new entry in context menu when SHIFT
+ right-clicked.

 

[Jetro]

Just copy Desktop using Explorer and properly written applications will be
available for you. If you want exact profile copy, you have to login under
third account with admin privileges.

 

[atDFN]

That won't help you any, copying a shortcut with profile won't magicly
enable applications that have user specific registry settings or require
administrative priviledges to operate. Say you are logged in as user "Joe",
which has power users privileges. Nothing stops you from using the "run as"
command to execute a given application or command with administratice
privileges or to use a command interpreter with administritive privileges.

example:
Start > Run > runas /user:machine_name\administrator cmd

The motivation behind your question must be commended, however. Its not a
good idea to run your OS with an admin login interactive. Note that the
command interpreter is your friend here, and note that any shortcut,
including control panel items present a new entry in context menu when SHIFT
+ right-clicked.

Thanks for the info. I'm reading up on the runas command. I have a
user set up for myself, but never really use it. I'm the only one on
this network. I use the Win2000 machine for scanning and repairing
photos.
I'd like to get away from using the administrator login, but am having
a problem when I log in as my own user. I have administrative rights,
but when I try to do something like right-click on the recycle bin I'm
getting an Explorer.exe error:

The instrction at "0x01a04d60 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The
memory could not be "read". This doesn't happen when I'm logged in as
administrator. Does this indicate that I need to do a repair install
of Win2000?


ben

 

[SaltPeter]

Thanks for the info. I'm reading up on the runas command. I have a
user set up for myself, but never really use it. I'm the only one on
this network. I use the Win2000 machine for scanning and repairing
photos.
I'd like to get away from using the administrator login, but am having
a problem when I log in as my own user. I have administrative rights,
but when I try to do something like right-click on the recycle bin I'm
getting an Explorer.exe error:

The instrction at "0x01a04d60 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The
memory could not be "read". This doesn't happen when I'm logged in as
administrator. Does this indicate that I need to do a repair install
of Win2000?


ben

The error is usually generated when file names or extensions are beyond the
length supported by W2K. Supposedly, this was fixed with SP2.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;262490
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;267858

 

[atDFN]

The error is usually generated when file names or extensions are beyond the
length supported by W2K. Supposedly, this was fixed with SP2.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;262490
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;267858

I have service pack 3 on this machine. The error doesn't occur when
I'm logged in as administrator, only when I log in to another user
account. Do you think it might help if I deleted that user and
recreated it? The error occurs anytime I right-click on any desktop
icon.


ben