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Creating User Accounts in XP
30-06-2010 10:52 PM
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I have not used User Accounts before because there has been no need, but I would now like to set up a guest account. I am running XP in the Classic layout incidentally.
When I go to Control Panel > User Accounts and turn Guest Account on, nothing happens. In other words, when I log off and try to log on as "Guest", it starts to load the guest settings but then changes to "Logging off....Saving Settings" and returns to the log-in screen. Only by entering my administrator MAIN account can I get the system to load any settings and open up.
I have even tried to create a new User Account and to dis-regard the Guest Account, but exactly the same thing happens. When I enter the the new User Account, it starts to load the settings, then again I get the message "Logging of....Saving settings" and it goes back to the Log-in screen again.
I have tried the above both with password required and without password required.
Does anyone have any suggestions please ?
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
30-06-2010 11:01 PM
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Registry needs cleaning?
What is the behaviour in Safe Mode?
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
30-06-2010 11:11 PM
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Quote ...In Windows XP Professional, you can enable or disable the Guest account when you log on as an Administrator. In Windows XP Home Edition, you must access the Administrator account from Safe Mode.
You didn't say whether you were running XP Home or Pro ?
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
01-07-2010 7:43 AM
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Quote ...In Windows XP Professional, you can enable or disable the Guest account when you log on as an Administrator. In Windows XP Home Edition, you must access the Administrator account from Safe Mode.
Red herring. Purleigh is confusing the account with the user name "Administrator" (the "Administrator Account") with any account that has administrator privileges (but I agree the wording in the Microsoft article is ambiguous). I just logged on as 'Reed' to my XP Home computer in normal mode, turned on the Guest account, logged myself off and logged on as Guest.
When you log in for the first time to a new account, a set of folders and files is created in the Documents and Settings directory. It's possible you have lost the normal privileges to modify the Documents and Settings directory or you have lost the privileges to the section of the Registry where the new account is created. I think that would explain the symptoms.
You could try this solution: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222 ;
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
01-07-2010 10:41 AM
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I am using XP Home Edition by the way.
Thanks for any further suggestions.
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
01-07-2010 11:07 AM
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Try navigating to C:\Documents and Settings then create a new folder with a random name. If you find you can't do this (i.e. you get an error message) then you would seem to have a permissions problem.
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
01-07-2010 11:21 AM
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Also, I cannot find a securiity tab on any of my folders so that I can check the permissions. I am sure this has something to do with it.
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
01-07-2010 3:34 PM
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On XP Home you need to be in Safe Mode to change folder permissions. Look under Security in the folder properties.
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01-07-2010 4:14 PM
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01-07-2010 4:24 PM
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01-07-2010 4:46 PM
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01-07-2010 8:12 PM
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01-07-2010 11:22 PM
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I assume that a re-install would not "inherit" all the previous programme installation settings; am I correct in that assumption ?
Looking at the registry, it is interesting to note that while the profilefile for my main account is recorded as D:Documents and Settings, the system profile, Local Service and Network Service are recorded under ProfileList as %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings which I think means in othe words the C: drive (%systemdribe% refers I think to where the main Windows system is installed, namely the C: drive. Am I correct in that understanding.
If so, it would indicate a potential conflict therefore as some ProfileList files are recorded as 😧 and others as C: But maybe I am reading too much into that.
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02-07-2010 6:48 AM
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Reloading Windows from a Windows CD will place everything on the same drive. Reloading from a restore CD or partition will return your computer to its original state, presumably with Documents and Settings on 😧 BUT if your problem isn't a folder permissions issue then it must surely be a registry permissions issue and a reload should fix that.
Re: Creating User Accounts in XP
02-07-2010 11:05 PM
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I still cannot use any other accounts which create - same old problem. So I have no alternative but to re-install XP.
Is there any easy way to do this without having to re-load all my software ?
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