Darn..All Users.WINDOWS folder

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Hello

Just recently after several months of having the All Users Folder and lets
say Admin Folder remain the same. They have just flipped over to All
Users.WINDOWS and Admin.MyOldcomputername. I have not re-installed
windows,which some say would be the cause of that.

What causes the All Users folder to become All Users.WINDOWS, and Admin
Folder to become Admin.MyOldcomputername ?

....note ..strange the 3rd user has remained the same with out the
User.MyOldcomputername..just User. I did notice in the Admin security tab the
Admin user name had some how changed to one of those like
124kjgh-12h4kj-14klh1df-2342? users.. Im wondering since the Admin name was
garbled, that might have been the cause ?

Any who...How how can I set the All Users.WINDOWS folder & the
Admin.MyOldcomputername back to its original names without losing current
configuration ??

It's like some chipmunk hopped on my computer and went nuts..Sheesh...
 
Marbles said:
Just recently after several months of having the All Users Folder
and lets say Admin Folder remain the same. They have just flipped
over to All Users.WINDOWS and Admin.MyOldcomputername. I have not
re-installed windows,which some say would be the cause of that.

What causes the All Users folder to become All Users.WINDOWS, and
Admin Folder to become Admin.MyOldcomputername ?

...note ..strange the 3rd user has remained the same with out the
User.MyOldcomputername..just User. I did notice in the Admin
security tab the Admin user name had some how changed to one of
those like 124kjgh-12h4kj-14klh1df-2342? users.. Im wondering since
the Admin name was garbled, that might have been the cause ?

Any who...How how can I set the All Users.WINDOWS folder & the
Admin.MyOldcomputername back to its original names without losing
current configuration ??

It's like some chipmunk hopped on my computer and went
nuts..Sheesh...
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System Restore?
Recovery?
Add/Remove domain membership?
 
This may be caused by a corrupted profile. Is Admin an account that you had
created or are you referring to the built in Administrator account? Does
the desktop look normal when you log into that account or like a new user
account?
 
Hello GTS & Stanley

The Admin account is one that i created, and the desktop looks just as it
has always been.
 
Marbles said:
Just recently after several months of having the All Users Folder
and lets say Admin Folder remain the same. They have just flipped
over to All Users.WINDOWS and Admin.MyOldcomputername. I have not
re-installed windows,which some say would be the cause of that.

What causes the All Users folder to become All Users.WINDOWS, and
Admin Folder to become Admin.MyOldcomputername ?

...note ..strange the 3rd user has remained the same with out the
User.MyOldcomputername..just User. I did notice in the Admin
security tab the Admin user name had some how changed to one of
those like 124kjgh-12h4kj-14klh1df-2342? users.. Im wondering since
the Admin name was garbled, that might have been the cause ?

Any who...How how can I set the All Users.WINDOWS folder & the
Admin.MyOldcomputername back to its original names without losing
current configuration ??

It's like some chipmunk hopped on my computer and went
nuts..Sheesh...
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
System Restore?
Recovery?
Add/Remove domain membership?
Click to expand...
This may be caused by a corrupted profile. Is Admin an account
that you had created or are you referring to the built in
Administrator account? Does the desktop look normal when you log
into that account or like a new user account?
Click to expand...
The Admin account is one that i created, and the desktop looks just
as it has always been.
Click to expand...

The desktop being the same does not mean something didn't go wrong and
Windows did things in the background to fix it and it does not cover the
questions I asked...

Have you performed a system recovery anytime in the last few months?
Have you performed a System Restore anytime in the last few months?
Was the machine ever a member of a domain or a workgroup and you have
removed it within the last few months?

When was thelast time you did a full CHKDSK on the hard disk drive?
Have you considered downloading the diagnostics utility from the hard drive
manufacturers web site and using it to verify your hard drive is not dying?
How are your system backups? Have they been running as scheduled?
 
Have you performed a system recovery anytime in the last few months?..nope
Have you performed a System Restore anytime in the last few months?..nope

I have done no restore, or recovery...no need to everything was and is
running fine..except this one mystery about the folders.
removed it within the last few months?.....
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....I have renamed the Workgroup a couple of weeks back. I leave the Domain
blank since only one computer.
When was the last time you did a full CHKDSK on the hard disk drive?
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....I did a chkdsk /f 3 days ago,
Have you considered downloading the diagnostics utility from the hard drive
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manufacturers web site and using it to verify your hard drive is not dying?

....A 1 year old Seagate SATA barricuda 160GB drive... no hiccups with drive,
not suspected the drive going down the tube and have not given thought to
using the seagate Utility tools to test drive.
How are your system backups? ....The last back up was about a month
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Have they been running as scheduled?...nope I dont use scheduler to automate
processes... I usually backup after tweaking the OS until satisfied with the
services,registry tweaks and are other configs.

Whats next Stanley ?
 
Marbles said:
Have you performed a system recovery anytime in the last few
months?..nope Have you performed a System Restore anytime in the
last few months?..nope

I have done no restore, or recovery...no need to everything was and
is running fine..except this one mystery about the folders.

...I have renamed the Workgroup a couple of weeks back. I leave
the Domain blank since only one computer.

...I did a chkdsk /f 3 days ago,

manufacturers web site and using it to verify your hard drive is
not dying?

...A 1 year old Seagate SATA barricuda 160GB drive... no hiccups
with drive, not suspected the drive going down the tube and have
not given thought to using the seagate Utility tools to test drive.


Have they been running as scheduled?...nope I dont use scheduler to
automate processes... I usually backup after tweaking the OS until
satisfied with the services,registry tweaks and are other configs.

Whats next Stanley ?
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Use my first name (grin) and try running the disk diagnostics to be safe.
Just because it is new/no hiccups doesn't mean it won't fall flat on its
face without warning.

Also - check your event logs for about the time you noticed the issue -
albeit one that normally - you wouldn't notice unless you went looking for
it.
 
Found something in the System log

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date:12/16/2006
Time:3:26:25 PM
User:NewComputerName\USERName
Computer: OLDComputerNaME
Description:
DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled
or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
"attempting to start the service MSIServer with arguments "" in order to run
the server:
{000C101C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

Looking at the User & Computer line. It's strange how the old computer name
is still there...conflict ???
Should it be listed as ... Computer:NewComputerName &
User:NewComputerName\USERName ..?
 
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