want to merge or sync two user accounts on one computer

[Guest]

Hi,

I used Vista Easy Transfer to transfer my files from my old XP laptop to my
new desktop with Vista. Unfortunately, I didn't notice that the XP had my
user name as my full (first and last) name, while the user name on my new
Vista computer was just my nickname. As a result, I now have two user
accounts for one person: All my transferred document and picture files,
including my FrontPage website files, are under one username (my full
moniker), and my new e-mail and web favorites are under the nickname account,
which I believe is the administrative account. I can't get access to my
printer, for example, from the imported user account. I prefer to work from
the nickname account that came with the new computer.

How can I bring in the document and website files that are in the second
user account into my preferred user account that I set up on the Vista
computer? I want these to be my main working files, so I don't want to have
to hunt for them. I also am afraid of corrupting my website files and need to
have them transferred intact from one user to the other.

Thanks from both of me--
glassartist

 

[Guest]

I too have the problem (no solution as yet). Upon initializing my new
computer, I set up only one account, administrative type. Recently, a
Microsoft document stated that it is better from a security point of view to
work routinely with a "standard" account. So I set up a standard account. I
now want to transfer all the settings, desktop configuration, files, etc.
from the administrative account to the standard account (to avoid setting up
the standard account from scratch). I guess I should post my problem
separately on the theory that two posts of the same problem will be answered
faster than one.

Good luck!
Ramsgate

 

[Guest]

Thanks, ramsgate, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. I had an idea for
another approach that I would be willing to live with--to keep the second
user but somehow make the separation between users "transparent," so that
when I was in my preferred user, I could select "show all users" and then
"show all user files" and the files from BOTH users would be visible and
accessible. Then I could open files from either user and work on them and
save changes. Is there a way to do that?