Recovering User Accounts After Reloading XP Pro

[Guest]

I ended up reloading XP Pro after being unable to boot my computer.

I have successfully reloaded XP and all the user's files remain on the system.

For those users without passwords, their files are accessible.

For users that had passwords, their files are not accessible.

Is there a way to get access to the users who had passwords?

Thanks,

James Goodchild

 

[Guest]

Hi Selkirk64,

See if the information in this MSKB article helps you access those files:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us



Regards,

 

[Guest]

Thank you. This worked very well.

I have got most of the files back.

I appear to have lost Outlook Express files and can no longer access any
encrypted files. I searched the KB but could not find a clear answer on this
last issue. I will post another question on this issue.

James

 

[Guest]

You're welcome

For the encrypted files, this might help:

How To Remove File Encryption in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308993/en-us

As for the Outlook Express problem, if you haven't done so already, post
your question to the OE newsgroup.....perhaps the folks that frequent the OE
newsgroup could better assist you:

microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (newsreader)

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...3e1-1831-4a23-a891-078634d05944&lang=en&cr=US (web-based)


Regards,