Restore original administrator

[Michael mampieri]

I shut down my computer last night (2/21/04) and
eveything was normal...I started it up this morning and it
was completly different. My screen settings are TOTALLY
different my icons were totally different, my web browser
and information were lost and MOST importantly, My
Documents folder is completly different (lost a lot of
documents)I scanned the computer 2 times (Mcafee & Ez
Armour) Mcafee identified a trojan file
named "JS/Seeker.gen.f" and fixed the file. After this, I
restarted the computer and the same settings.
I have also run spybot & adaware.
While purchasing a file recovery program to try and save
files, I noticed that under my hard drive, Documents and
settings folder, there is a new administrator account that
was recently created. Next to it I have administrator.bak
which has all my old settings and files. Is there a way to
make this the new administrator and delete the bad
administrator folder?

 

[Bill Peele [MS]]

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From: "Michael mampieri" <[email protected]>
Subject: Restore original administrator
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:31:27 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.registry

I shut down my computer last night (2/21/04) and
eveything was normal...I started it up this morning and it
was completly different. My screen settings are TOTALLY
different my icons were totally different, my web browser
and information were lost and MOST importantly, My
Documents folder is completly different (lost a lot of
documents)I scanned the computer 2 times (Mcafee & Ez
Armour) Mcafee identified a trojan file
named "JS/Seeker.gen.f" and fixed the file. After this, I
restarted the computer and the same settings.
I have also run spybot & adaware.
While purchasing a file recovery program to try and save
files, I noticed that under my hard drive, Documents and
settings folder, there is a new administrator account that
was recently created. Next to it I have administrator.bak
which has all my old settings and files. Is there a way to
make this the new administrator and delete the bad
administrator folder?
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I sounds like the system was unable to load your original profile so it backed it up and created a new one, based on the
Default User profile. I'm assuming the reason it was unable to load the original profile was related to the virus you said you
found. I would start by checking the My Documents folder under the backup to make sure all of your files are still there. If
your data is there it may be easier to move your data files from the old profile to the new profile than to try and get the old
profile loaded again. You can always look under User Profiles on the Advanced tab of System Properties to see if the old
profile is still listed.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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[Bill Peele [MS]]

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From: "Michael mampieri" <[email protected]>
Subject: Restore original administrator
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:31:27 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.registry

I shut down my computer last night (2/21/04) and
eveything was normal...I started it up this morning and it
was completly different. My screen settings are TOTALLY
different my icons were totally different, my web browser
and information were lost and MOST importantly, My
Documents folder is completly different (lost a lot of
documents)I scanned the computer 2 times (Mcafee & Ez
Armour) Mcafee identified a trojan file
named "JS/Seeker.gen.f" and fixed the file. After this, I
restarted the computer and the same settings.
I have also run spybot & adaware.
While purchasing a file recovery program to try and save
files, I noticed that under my hard drive, Documents and
settings folder, there is a new administrator account that
was recently created. Next to it I have administrator.bak
which has all my old settings and files. Is there a way to
make this the new administrator and delete the bad
administrator folder?
--

I sounds like the system was unable to load your original profile so it backed it up and created a new one, based on the
Default User profile. I'm assuming the reason it was unable to load the original profile was related to the virus you said you
found. I would start by checking the My Documents folder under the backup to make sure all of your files are still there. If
your data is there it may be easier to move your data files from the old profile to the new profile than to try and get the old
profile loaded again. You can always look under User Profiles on the Advanced tab of System Properties to see if the old
profile is still listed.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the
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from which they originated.