Corrupt Default User

[Stefan Wetter]

Hello!

I have the following problem: When i logon to my Win2K-PC i only get a
blank blue screen. The mouse does not work. I can execute taskmanager, i
can run programs by Win-R, but the charachters are very small. With my
profile, that i used over 3 Years, everything works fine, as Admin as
well, but every new user i create has the problem i described. It seems,
as if the default user is corrupt. Can anywhone help me with my Problem
or point me to a way how to edit the default-user-settings?

Thanks in advance!
Stefan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello!

I have the following problem: When i logon to my Win2K-PC i only get a
blank blue screen. The mouse does not work. I can execute taskmanager, i
can run programs by Win-R, but the charachters are very small. With my
profile, that i used over 3 Years, everything works fine, as Admin as
well, but every new user i create has the problem i described. It seems,
as if the default user is corrupt. Can anywhone help me with my Problem
or point me to a way how to edit the default-user-settings?

Thanks in advance!
Stefan

Make your own profile the user profile!
- Log on as Admin
- Control Panel / System
- Click "User Profiles"
- Click your own profile
- Click "Copy to..."
- Type Default user
- Clean out the new "Default user" folder:
* Delete everything non-standard in the "Desktop" folder.
* Delete everything non-standard in the "Start Menu" folder.
* Delete "Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
* Delete any personal documents you might have there
(.pst files? Outlook Express files?)
- Log on as a new user to check if things work OK.

 

[Stefan Wetter]

Make your own profile the user profile!
- Log on as Admin
- Control Panel / System
- Click "User Profiles"
- Click your own profile
- Click "Copy to..."
- Type Default user
- Clean out the new "Default user" folder:
* Delete everything non-standard in the "Desktop" folder.
* Delete everything non-standard in the "Start Menu" folder.
* Delete "Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
* Delete any personal documents you might have there
(.pst files? Outlook Express files?)
- Log on as a new user to check if things work OK.

Hello!

Thanks very much for your very fast answer. Can you please tell me how i
change the type of the profile? When i click "Copy to..." i get a Dialog
where i can give a destination and a user. After the copying nothing
happens and i can nowhere change the type. Thank you!

Stefan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello!

Thanks very much for your very fast answer. Can you please tell me how i
change the type of the profile? When i click "Copy to..." i get a Dialog
where i can give a destination and a user. After the copying nothing
happens and i can nowhere change the type. Thank you!

Stefan

You probably copied the "Default User" profile into the
administrator's folder instead of here: "c:\documents and settings".

If you're not familiar with paths, use the Browse button
to ensure that the "Default User" profile ends up in the
right place.

Click Start / Help / Search tab, then type copy profile
and click the appropriate help item to read the full inbuilt
help text on this technique.

 

[Stefan Wetter]

You probably copied the "Default User" profile into the
administrator's folder instead of here: "c:\documents and settings".

If you're not familiar with paths, use the Browse button
to ensure that the "Default User" profile ends up in the
right place.

Click Start / Help / Search tab, then type copy profile
and click the appropriate help item to read the full inbuilt
help text on this technique.

Ok, thank you very much, it worked. The computer is running fin now.
Thank you!