Re: [PCWorks] Cannot log into user account but the profile still exists
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:28:30 -0500
In addition, I found this MS KB article:
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/811151
Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> I think that would work-I have done this partially in the past by moving
> selected folders like the desktop.
> I'm not sure what you would gain, however.
> A mail account, if you have one, only takes seconds to re-create,
> Contacts and favorites are very easy to move and the All users folders
> should take care of most programs.
>
>
>
> Peter Kaulback wrote:
>> A friend tried to move her daughters user directory by copy and pasting
>> but XP protested preventing her from being able to log into it. It is
>> viewable through Explorer but the user account doesn't work.
>>
>> So I thought a drawn out method would be to create a new user with the
>> same security and copy her profile into that, then delete her old
>> profile and re-create it again. Then copy her profile back into her
>> newly created account.
>>
>> Is this too much? Is there an easier approach? The system is XP Pro SP2.
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