Limited account problem

[Guest]

Hello,
I have XP Pro (upgrade version) and am having a problem creating a limited
user account. After I create the account and log in to it, the explorer.exe
does not start and therefore I get no desktop, icons, etc. I have tried to
run explorer from Task Manager, but it will not start from there either. I
only have one other account on this machine which is an administrator level
user. Can anyone advise how I might fix this problem?
Thank you very much!
KP

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Hello,
I have XP Pro (upgrade version) and am having a problem creating a
limited user account. After I create the account and log in to it,
the explorer.exe does not start and therefore I get no desktop,
icons, etc. I have tried to run explorer from Task Manager, but it
will not start from there either. I only have one other account on
this machine which is an administrator level user. Can anyone advise
how I might fix this problem?
Thank you very much!
KP

Is everything patched (SP2 and other critical updates)?
Have you checked the event logs while logged in as an admin?
Have you tried in safe mode as the limited user?

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Check the logs via Event Viewer to see if anything is recorded. Also verify
that the user is a member of the users group in it's account properties via
lusrmgr.msc. If problems persist it may be worth a try to reset permissions
back to default defined levels with the secedit command as described in the
link below and note you can use the /areas switch to specify that only
certain security areas are reset.


Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;313222

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys, I'll check into your suggestions and report back. I appreciate
the help.
KP