Please help. Lost folders and files

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I changed the administrator name in my win2000 pc because i was gonna
set up a network, I am currently on a lan. I getting the info off a
website and anyway, I changed the administrator name and now everything
in my documents folder is miss as well as favorites addresses and all
mail settings. Does anyone have any idea how i can get it back to
normal? I've tried changing the admin name and nothing seems to work.
Please help


Dave..
 
Look in the Documents and Settings folder - your old identity should still
be there.

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Look in the Documents and Settings folder - your old identity should still
be there.
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Unfortunately it's not. I was reading an article that said i should
change the main identity name and give it a password. The old ID was
Dag, now it's Hal. And I can't find anything that was in my original
documents folder. I can't even seem to change the name Hal back to Dag.
Any other ideas?


Dave..
 
You may need to log on with an administrative logon, but unless you
specifically deleted the files they should still be there.

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You may need to log on with an administrative logon, but unless you
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I have. Doesn't help.

specifically deleted the files they should still be there.
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Well, I specifically didn't delete the files, so... How can I set it
back to normal?


Dave..
 
Not quite sure what you mean by "set it back to normal" ... when you create
a new account it gets its own settings, that's by design. You should be
seeing, inside the "Documents and Settings" folder, a number of other
folders including Default User, All Users, and several with the past and
current logon names you use to log onto that computer.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
 
Not quite sure what you mean by "set it back to normal" ... when you create
a new account it gets its own settings, that's by design. You should be
seeing, inside the "Documents and Settings" folder, a number of other
folders including Default User, All Users, and several with the past and
current logon names you use to log onto that computer.
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Yes, I see default user, user, and Hal. Hal used to be named Dag. I
believe I changed it's name thru the users and passwords cpl app. That's
when stuff disappeared. I tried changing Hal back to dag, or
administrator, but nothing is working. Dag was my main identity, could
changing it's name cause my files to be deleted? I'm confounded.


Dave..
 
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