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When I hit, "Start", "My computer", one of the accounts does not show up.
When I try to access the account through program files, I am denied access. I
am an administrator and know the password for the account I can not access.

How do I get all four accounts to show in "My computer" screen?
 
j35Jazz said:
When I hit, "Start", "My computer", one of the accounts does not show
up. When I try to access the account through program files, I am
denied access. I am an administrator and know the password for the
account I can not access.

How do I get all four accounts to show in "My computer" screen?
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Is this a regular user account or the built-in Administrator account?
You would not normally be accessing user accounts through Program
Files. Do you mean Document and Settings? Please give a more thorough
description of your machines and the accounts.

Malke
 
I am not certain what you mean by "built in user account." Simply put, when
we formatted the computer, Windows XP prompted if we wanted accounts. We said
yes. There is one account for each person in the family. I have an
administrator account. My son has an administrator account.

For some reason, we can no longer access my son's files through anyone
else's account. The problem is with iPods. When we attempt to upload files,
we have to tell the software where it is. If we go to "Documents and
Settings" etc., we can not access his files. " A notice comes up "Access
denied." It was then that I noticed that even when I go to "Start, My
computer", his file "Michaels Documents" is not listed. The other three
accounts are listed together with a "shared documents" is listed. (I tried to
access the data by going to the Program files, and data files from there: no
luck.)

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 and use Windows XP Home OS. Both kids have
passwords to get into their account. I can access my daughter's account
without problem. I changed my son's account to a limited account and still
could not get his document file to appear nor access his files.

I looked up the problem and found an article on sharing files on Windows XP
Professional that noted the following:
1. Double-click My Computer on the desktop.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3.Click the View tab, and then select the Use Simple File
Sharing (Recommended) check box to turn on Simple File Sharing. (Clear this
check box to turn off this feature.)

There is no such tab on the Windows XP home Edition.

I think that if I could simply see his Document folder when I hit the Start,
My computer steps, the problem would be solved.

Thanks for the help.
 
j35Jazz said:
I am not certain what you mean by "built in user account." Simply put,
when we formatted the computer, Windows XP prompted if we wanted
accounts. We said yes. There is one account for each person in the
family. I have an administrator account. My son has an administrator
account.

For some reason, we can no longer access my son's files through anyone
else's account. The problem is with iPods. When we attempt to upload
files, we have to tell the software where it is. If we go to
"Documents and Settings" etc., we can not access his files. " A notice
comes up "Access denied." It was then that I noticed that even when I
go to "Start, My
computer", his file "Michaels Documents" is not listed. The other
three accounts are listed together with a "shared documents" is
listed. (I tried to access the data by going to the Program files, and
data files from there: no luck.)

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 and use Windows XP Home OS. Both kids
have passwords to get into their account. I can access my daughter's
account without problem. I changed my son's account to a limited
account and still could not get his document file to appear nor access
his files.

I looked up the problem and found an article on sharing files on
Windows XP Professional that noted the following:
1. Double-click My Computer on the desktop.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3.Click the View tab, and then select the Use Simple
File
Sharing (Recommended) check box to turn on Simple File Sharing.
(Clear this check box to turn off this feature.)

There is no such tab on the Windows XP home Edition.

I think that if I could simply see his Document folder when I hit the
Start, My computer steps, the problem would be solved.
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It would seem that your son made his My Documents private.

Set the My Documents Folder as "Private" in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399

Because you have XP Home, start the computer in Safe Mode, log into his
account and following the instructions in the above MS Knowledge Base
article reverse the privacy setting.

To get into Safe Mode repeatedly tap the F8 key as the computer is
starting up. This will get you to the right menu where you can navigate
with your Up arrow; the mouse will not work there.

Malke
 
Dead on and thank you. I was able to go through his documents and right click
properties. The option to remove the privacy was greyed out but there is a
short cut that allows file sharing without going the a setup wizzard.

Now if I can just figure out iTunes!

Sincerely,

John
 
j35Jazz said:
Dead on and thank you. I was able to go through his documents and
right click properties. The option to remove the privacy was greyed
out but there is a short cut that allows file sharing without going
the a setup wizzard.

Now if I can just figure out iTunes!
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I'm glad I was able to help you with the Set Private business. I'm not
sure what you mean by "figure out iTunes", but it has a Help file,
FAQ's for the program on Apple's site, and probably user forums, too.
You could also do this Google search for "iTunes tips". It brought up
rather a lot of links that look promising.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=iTunes+tips&btnG=Search

Malke
 
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