I?m not sure if I'll get response to this posting since the original post was 2 years ago, but here goes.
My name is Larry, my UserName is Larry, and the troubled PC ios called MARK. I log in as "Larry" who is in the administrator group. Today is January 4.
I have been sharing my C:drive root directory and UserProfiles on our Home Network so that I could backup and store file from any room in our house. Looks like that was very foolish and the start of a huge headache.
Phase A: I have had very severe PC speed and inter-connection issues, so I did a lot of research on system restore. Nothing but good things to say, but NOBODY said to not Restore if you?ve shared your Documents & Settings folder (I say this assuming that this is the cause of my problem.). So, I did a system restore back to Dec 1 to about the time when I first started seeing problems. When the restore came up, it didn't bring up my profile but started a new one. Had no access to original desktop favorites, outlook, etc. [turned out to be named UserProfile=Larry.Mark]
Phase B: So I reinstated the original profile. But instead of bringing up my original, it generated yet a 3rd profile, Larry.Mark.000
Consulted scores of Knowledge base and other Internet articles, but found the one 314045, ?Restore a user profile in Win2000?and "Take ownership of file or folder in Windows XP" referenced previously under Q308421 to be of the most value.
There were no items in My Documents that did not already exist, so copied nothing over to Larry's Profile. I changed the one ProfileImagePath Registry entry that referenced the Larry.Mark.000 to refer to Larry instead. I took control of the Docs and Settings/Larry folder a stated in the article. Then revoked any sharing of C:\
Upon reboot, I got yet another profile Larry.Mark.001. I've spent 10 hours on this and need some serious help because the standard articles aren't working.
What now? I?m up to Larry.Mark.003
Shenan Stanley wrote:
Re: How rename account back to what it was after system restore
08-Apr-07
Wesley Vogel wrote
Dave Rado wrote
Dave Rado wrote
You did not read very carefully..
And thus did not follow the directions as written
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/31404
You need to pay particular attention to ALL of step 5. Your username was
never supposed to be listed directly under the location by name - but inside
a 'folder' (sub-key) that represents your security ID (SID). Step 5
explains quite clearly what you are to do there to locate your profile
information
Edit the User Profile Registry Ke
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk
Edit the registry so that the profile image path points to the user profile
folder that you worked with in the "Grant Full Control Permission for the
User Profile Folder" section in this article
1. Log on to the computer with the user profile that you want to restore
2. Click Start, and then click Run
3. Type regedit, and then click OK
4. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileLis
5. Locate your user profile folder
NOTE: When you open the ProfileList folder, you see several folders, each of
which belongs to a different user. These folders are named according to the
user security IDs (SIDs) and not according to the user names
To locate your user profile folder, use one of the following options
? For each folder, click the folder, and then look for the
ProfileImagePath value that contains the path to your user profile (such as
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\username)
-or
? In Registry Editor, press CTRL+F to start the Find tool. Type your user
name in the Find what box, click to select the Data check box under Look at,
and then click Find
6. After you locate the subkey folder for your user profile, double-click
the ProfileImagePath value.
7. In the Value data box, change the path so that it points to the profile
folder that you are restoring, and then and click OK.
8. Quit Registry Editor.
The next time that you log on to the computer, Windows will use your
restored user profile.
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How rename account back to what it was after system restore
Hiya
I'm running XP Pro SP2 and I have admin rights. I've just had to do a =
System Restore, and it's gone and created a brand new profile called =
"Dave Logan.DaveComputer" ("DaveComputer" being my computer's name). My =
old profile, "Dave Logan" is no longer being used. I don't know why it =
does this? It's incredibly frustrating. Anyway, how do I delete my old =
profile "Dave Logan" and rename "Dave Logan.DaveComputer" to "Dave =
Logan"? Confusingly, if I look in Control Panel/Admin Tools/Computer =
Management/Users, "Dave Logan" is listed there, although it's not in =
use, and "Dave Logan.DaveComputer" is not listed there, although it is =
in use!
Just out of curiosity, I also have a profile called DaveComputer - any =
idea what that's for? It only contains one folder, called ASPNET. But =
that's just out of curiosity - the important issue is how to rename the =
horribly named new profile back to the old name.
Dave
If you lose Full Control permissions to your profile folder, in
If you lose Full Control permissions to your profile folder, in the
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings folder, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
will create a new one the next time you log on. The new profile is named:
UserName - if the older profile was deleted.
UserName.ComputerName - if the old profile exists.
UserName.ComputerName.000 - if UserName.ComputerName exists.
UserName.ComputerName.001 - if UserName.ComputerName.000 exists.
Above explains how the names are arrived at.
Below are some links on how to recover and/or remove what's not needed.
Duplicate profile folders exist under the "Documents and Settings" folder
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/restprofile.htm
How to rename or move a User Profile folder
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm
HOW TO: Restore a User Profile in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314045
How To Restore a User Profile in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324734
How do I recovery a lost local user profile?
http://network.mpei.ac.ru/lang/rus/faqw2kxp/jsifaq/rh4631.htm
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Dave Rado <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi WesleyWhen I go to=20HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
Hi Wesley
When I go to=20
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows =
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList, no user profiles are listed there other =
than the default ones. The only values listed there are AllUsersProfile, =
DefaultUserProfile and ProfilesDirectory. There's no listing for either =
"Dave Logan" or "Dave Logan.DaveComputer", or for "DaveComputer", =
whereas the mskb article (
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D314045) =
says I should see all three there.
Dave
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Re: How rename account back to what it was after system restore
Wesley Vogel wrote:
Dave Rado wrote:
Dave Rado wrote:
You did not read very carefully...
And thus did not follow the directions as written.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314045
You need to pay particular attention to ALL of step 5. Your username was
never supposed to be listed directly under the location by name - but inside
a 'folder' (sub-key) that represents your security ID (SID). Step 5
explains quite clearly what you are to do there to locate your profile
information.
Edit the User Profile Registry Key
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
Edit the registry so that the profile image path points to the user profile
folder that you worked with in the "Grant Full Control Permission for the
User Profile Folder" section in this article:
1. Log on to the computer with the user profile that you want to restore.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. Type regedit, and then click OK.
4. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
5. Locate your user profile folder.
NOTE: When you open the ProfileList folder, you see several folders, each of
which belongs to a different user. These folders are named according to the
user security IDs (SIDs) and not according to the user names.
To locate your user profile folder, use one of the following options:
? For each folder, click the folder, and then look for the
ProfileImagePath value that contains the path to your user profile (such as
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\username).
-or-
? In Registry Editor, press CTRL+F to start the Find tool. Type your user
name in the Find what box, click to select the Data check box under Look at,
and then click Find.
6. After you locate the subkey folder for your user profile, double-click
the ProfileImagePath value.
7. In the Value data box, change the path so that it points to the profile
folder that you are restoring, and then and click OK.
8. Quit Registry Editor.
The next time that you log on to the computer, Windows will use your
restored user profile.
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Re: How rename account back to what it was after system restore
Thanks, got it now.
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