non-loadable user profile

[Guest]

Help!
Rebooted W2K pro this morning and the auto log-on default family
user/profile came up like a brand new, 1st run user screen with no personal
settings or access to our family My Docs, My Pics, Favs, etc. Went to Docs &
Settings Folder and found a new user had been created with the name
"oldusername" plus ".computername". Logging off and back on with my old user
name and password still loads "oldusername.computername". Deleted the new
profile and rebooted and the software recreated "oldusername.computername"
and reloaded it. Copied all contents of "oldusername" to
"oldusername.computername" and rebooted but instead of loading
"oldusername.computername" with the old sttings and folder access, yet
another user was created and loaded, "oldusername.computername.000" Control
Panel | Users & Groups doesn't show these new profiles however, only the
original profiles, Administrator and OldUserName. Also tried deleting
"oldusername.computername" and renaming "oldusername" to
"oldusername.computername" but access was denied and the rename was not
allowed. I just want my lod stuff back. Anybody have any clues? Thank-you.
Victor

 

[Dave Patrick]

If the profile is corrupt, you can rename the profile(while logged on as
local admin), then when the user logs on again a new profile will be created
from the image in \default user. You can then copy over the items you need
from the renamed profile. Copy the folder contents not the folders
themselves. When your sure you have all you need, you can delete the renamed
profile(s). Use the import function of your e-mail software. Don't overwrite
ntuser.dat

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Help!
| Rebooted W2K pro this morning and the auto log-on default family
| user/profile came up like a brand new, 1st run user screen with no
personal
| settings or access to our family My Docs, My Pics, Favs, etc. Went to
Docs &
| Settings Folder and found a new user had been created with the name
| "oldusername" plus ".computername". Logging off and back on with my old
user
| name and password still loads "oldusername.computername". Deleted the new
| profile and rebooted and the software recreated "oldusername.computername"
| and reloaded it. Copied all contents of "oldusername" to
| "oldusername.computername" and rebooted but instead of loading
| "oldusername.computername" with the old sttings and folder access, yet
| another user was created and loaded, "oldusername.computername.000"
Control
| Panel | Users & Groups doesn't show these new profiles however, only the
| original profiles, Administrator and OldUserName. Also tried deleting
| "oldusername.computername" and renaming "oldusername" to
| "oldusername.computername" but access was denied and the rename was not
| allowed. I just want my lod stuff back. Anybody have any clues?
Thank-you.
| Victor