Restore user?

[HeyNow]

Hi Gurus,

One of the employees here has deleted their user name from their computer.
Nobody can determine how this was done, just that their "User2" user is no
longer there. Now, going into users accounts from control panel shows only
the Administrator user.

Any way to get that user back? All their documents, icons, etc seem to be
gone.

Help?
me

 

[Don Phillipson]

One of the employees here has deleted their user name from their computer.
Nobody can determine how this was done, just that their "User2" user is no
longer there. Now, going into users accounts from control panel shows only
the Administrator user.

Any way to get that user back? All their documents, icons, etc seem to be
gone.

Log on as Administrator and have a look in the /Recycled bin.

 

[Randem]

Well, you can check in the Document and Settings folder to see if the users
data is still there. If it is not then it may seem that the user did a PC
recovery of the system and that would explain the missing info.

Not enough info to get into it further...

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[HeyNow]

Log on as Administrator and have a look in the /Recycled bin.

Nothing whatsoever in the recycled bin for the administrator

 

[HeyNow]

Checked Documents and Settings and the User 2 is there, but everything is
empty.

Would running a restore get the user back, as well as documents, etc? I
haven't looked to see what restore points are there yet, but the thought
occured.

 

[Randem]

No, running a restore will not get it back. If the User name is still there
but no data it would seem that the user was deleted from the user accounts
section.

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[Malke]

Nothing whatsoever in the recycled bin for the administrator

No, the files are gone unless you use data recovery software. After you get
this straightened out, consider setting up your workstations so your users
can't do this kind of stuff. Users should never be administrators and they
should not be permitted to do those kind of global system changes.

If you have a server, make your restrictions from the domain controller. If
this is a Workgroup with no server:

If you have XP/Vista Home, you don't have the built-in ability to create
fine-grained limitations, so use either MVP Doug Knox's Security Console or
the MS SteadyState program to set the restrictions the way you want.
SteadyState supports Vista now.

http://www.dougknox.com
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx
More on SteadyState: http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27570
SteadyState support -
http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowssteadystate/threads/

If you have XP Pro, Media Center, Vista Business or Vista Ultimate, you can
use Group Policy to set restrictions (gpedit.msc). Be very careful using
the Group Policy editor; it is completely possible to lock yourself out.
Questions about group policy should be posted here:

microsoft.public.windows.group_policy

Malke

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

NO!

See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html