No desktop icons or taskbar after login as a user

[Guest]

If a user in the built-in 'user' group logs on to my machine, there are no
desktop icons, no taskbar and no Start menu. Explorer.exe is not running.
Starting it using Task Manager does not help. If I add the user to the
built-in Power Users group, everything is fine. I've checked file and
registry permissions for the User and Power Users groups and can't determine
the problem. I've also examined the Local Security Policy, and nothing
sticks out. Any ideas?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Sounds like the drive permissions are incorrect.

How to Restore the Default NTFS Permissions for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=266118

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| If a user in the built-in 'user' group logs on to my machine, there are no
| desktop icons, no taskbar and no Start menu. Explorer.exe is not running.
| Starting it using Task Manager does not help. If I add the user to the
| built-in Power Users group, everything is fine. I've checked file and
| registry permissions for the User and Power Users groups and can't
determine
| the problem. I've also examined the Local Security Policy, and nothing
| sticks out. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Thanks Dave, that did the trick. I didn't realize there were default
templates in winnt\inf. I only knew about the ones in
winnt\security\templates and those available from other source.

John

 

[Dave Patrick]

Glad to hear that helped. You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| Thanks Dave, that did the trick. I didn't realize there were default
| templates in winnt\inf. I only knew about the ones in
| winnt\security\templates and those available from other source.
|
| John