Won't save user preferences

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Win 2000, I have created another user on my standalone
computer (albeit in a peer-2-peer network), but any
desktop settings I change are not saved. for example, I
have removed a couple of icons from the desktop, turned
off the auto WinHelp startup tutorial, etc., but next time
I log on as this user, everything has been reset to
default. How do I get the system to retain such changes?
Do all partitioned drives have to be configures with NTFS
structure? My C:\ is still FAT32. Can this be the problem?
 
While logged on as an administrator check the all users profile under documents and
settings. Look in the desktop and start menu folders for that profile and see if what
you have deleted exists there and if it does delete it and try again. --- Steve
 
There's nothing in the All Users folder. The problem is
that nothing I set in the new user profile is retained. If
I change the desktop background, it reverts to default
next time I log on.So there's not much advantage in having
a separate user, if I can't keep other settings.
I don't understand what else I need to do. Is there
somewhere that I have to activate for the computer to save
user profile preferences?
 
That sounds like the behaviour of a mandatory profile, which would have to
be configured that way and is not default. I would check the ntfs
permissions for that user profile to make sure the username for that profile
has full control. Possibly the profile is corrupt. You could logon as
administrator and use system properties/advanced/user profiles and delete it
and then another one will be generated when that user logs on. --- Steve
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Thanks for your input. I have now progressed, after trying
various things I'm trying to learn, to the stage that now
I'm just trying to get back to "normal", standard setup. I
have deleted the user I was trying to setup, but still
having trouble remembering all the changes I made to
access, as I haven't gotten them back yet.
What I really need is a useful resource that could guide
me through the process of setting up multiple users on a
standalone Windows 2000 Professional machine.
Any ideas?

John
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That sounds like the behaviour of a mandatory profile, which would have to
be configured that way and is not default. I would check the ntfs
permissions for that user profile to make sure the username for that profile
has full control. Possibly the profile is corrupt. You could logon as
administrator and use system properties/advanced/user profiles and delete it
and then another one will be generated when that user logs on. --- Steve
]
There's nothing in the All Users folder. The problem is
that nothing I set in the new user profile is retained. If
I change the desktop background, it reverts to default
next time I log on.So there's not much advantage in having
a separate user, if I can't keep other settings.
I don't understand what else I need to do. Is there
somewhere that I have to activate for the computer to save
user profile preferences?
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that profile and see if what
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There is not much to it on a stand alone machine. You create users and
groups as needed and then give/deny them access to applications/data on the
computer with ntfs permissions and add them to the proper group depending on
rights needed - user [default], power user, administrator, etc. --- Steve

http://labmice.techtarget.com/windows2000/usermgmt.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305709
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr.../security/topics/issues/w2kccscg/w2kscgcd.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300691
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/592/toc.html

John said:
Thanks for your input. I have now progressed, after trying
various things I'm trying to learn, to the stage that now
I'm just trying to get back to "normal", standard setup. I
have deleted the user I was trying to setup, but still
having trouble remembering all the changes I made to
access, as I haven't gotten them back yet.
What I really need is a useful resource that could guide
me through the process of setting up multiple users on a
standalone Windows 2000 Professional machine.
Any ideas?

John
-----Original Message-----
That sounds like the behaviour of a mandatory profile, which would have to
be configured that way and is not default. I would check the ntfs
permissions for that user profile to make sure the username for that profile
has full control. Possibly the profile is corrupt. You could logon as
administrator and use system properties/advanced/user profiles and delete it
and then another one will be generated when that user logs on. --- Steve
]
There's nothing in the All Users folder. The problem is
that nothing I set in the new user profile is retained. If
I change the desktop background, it reverts to default
next time I log on.So there's not much advantage in having
a separate user, if I can't keep other settings.
I don't understand what else I need to do. Is there
somewhere that I have to activate for the computer to save
user profile preferences?

-----Original Message-----
While logged on as an administrator check the all users
profile under documents and
settings. Look in the desktop and start menu folders for
that profile and see if what
you have deleted exists there and if it does delete it
and try again. --- Steve


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Win 2000, I have created another user on my standalone
computer (albeit in a peer-2-peer network), but any
desktop settings I change are not saved. for example, I
have removed a couple of icons from the desktop, turned
off the auto WinHelp startup tutorial, etc., but next
time
I log on as this user, everything has been reset to
default. How do I get the system to retain such changes?
Do all partitioned drives have to be configures with
NTFS
structure? My C:\ is still FAT32. Can this be the
problem?


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