Delay in installing

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Joyce

Has anyone heard of this or had this problem?

"It may take a long time (10 to 20 minutes) for the installation process to
complete if you use "Administrator" (in Windows XP Professional) or "Owner"
(in Windows XP Home Edition) as the computer name.
CAUSE
During the installation process, the default user's profile is created based
on the Administrator profile. The problem occurs when Windows queries the
security identifier (SID) of the Administrator account. Because the computer
name is the same ("Administrator" for Windows XP Professional or "Owner" for
Windows XP Home Edition) as the user name, the SID of the computer is
returned, not the SID of the Administrator account. There is no entry for
the computer SID in the corresponding registry location
(HKLM\...\ProfileList), and the profile path is set as empty. This basically
becomes the root of the system drive. Therefore, the whole system drive is
copied to the %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Default User folder,
which takes a long time.
RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to
correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to
computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive
additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this
problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows XP service
pack that contains this fix."

I have downloaded all the Windows XP service packs, but the problem still
persists. I don't know what my next step should be. Any ideas?
 
Has anyone heard of this or had this problem?

"It may take a long time (10 to 20 minutes) for the installation process to
complete if you use "Administrator" (in Windows XP Professional) or "Owner"
(in Windows XP Home Edition) as the computer name.
CAUSE
During the installation process, the default user's profile is created based
on the Administrator profile. The problem occurs when Windows queries the
security identifier (SID) of the Administrator account. Because the computer
name is the same ("Administrator" for Windows XP Professional or "Owner" for
Windows XP Home Edition) as the user name, the SID of the computer is
returned, not the SID of the Administrator account. There is no entry for
the computer SID in the corresponding registry location
(HKLM\...\ProfileList), and the profile path is set as empty. This basically
becomes the root of the system drive. Therefore, the whole system drive is
copied to the %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Default User folder,
which takes a long time.
RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to
correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to
computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive
additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this
problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows XP service
pack that contains this fix."

I have downloaded all the Windows XP service packs, but the problem still
persists. I don't know what my next step should be. Any ideas?
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Joyce,

As the article says, M$ is still testing the patch for this problem, and has not
yet released it in a service pack or monthly update. You would need to contact
them directly, by telephone, as should be detailed in the article, and download
a specially issued patch.

IMHO, renaming your computer not either Administrator or Owner would make more
sense than getting yet another M$ patch. Assuming that you can wait at least
once more to login as Administrator / Owner, and rename the computer.

And Joyce, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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