new account creation reconfigured my interface

[Guest]

After getting an "administrator permission" notice when atrtempting to import
favourites, I decided to create a new account on my brand new pc. This
completely changed my desktop, changed themes, deleted MDG icons (point of
sale links), reported new hardware had been installed, and changed the system
tray. how do I get things back to how they were?

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

After getting an "administrator permission" notice when
atrtempting to import favourites, I decided to create a new
account on my brand new pc. This completely changed my
desktop, changed themes, deleted MDG icons (point of sale
links), reported new hardware had been installed, and
changed the system tray. how do I get things back to how
they were?

Either of these procedures will allow you to copy the files
from the old user account into a new user account.

How do I copy a user profile in Windows XP?
http://www.petri.co.il/copy_user_profiles_in_windows_xp.htm

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/811151

You will have to use a third account which is a computer
administrator in order to copy the files. You can use the
built-in Administrator account or, if you're running XP Home,
create a temporary admin account that can be deleted once the
procedure is completed.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

Why must I copy the old profile? If it still exists, can't I simply revert
to using it instead of the olne i've created? Can i simply delete the new
profile to automatically go back to the first?

 

[Nepatsfan]

OK. So what happens when you try to log on with the old
account?

Your question left me with the impression that you couldn't log
on with your old account. There are two ways that can happen.
The old account may be corrupted or you were using the built-in
Administrator account. As soon as you create a second account
that is a member of the Administrator's group, the
Administrator account can only be accessed from the Log on to
Windows dialog or in Safe Mode.

Nepatsfan

(e-mail address removed),

 

[Guest]

Ok. that is exactly what stumped me. thank you so much for your help. now i
am back to using the administrator account that i started with. i deleted
the other two account i set up when i got to the userspasswords box and
realized the option to delete accounts. that would have saved me a lot of
time to begin with. now, i am still getting a prompt "the system could not
log you on, please enter password." can you help me on this one?

 

[Guest]

I fixed this. running fine now. thanks again you rock.

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

(e-mail address removed),