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More info?)
Thank you very much. This does seem a little clearer to me. I will try
this tomorrow, because right now, i'm still a lil frustrated!!
I do have two other questions: on trying to do this about 6 times I think I
might have come close the last time. The My documents folder transferred,
but it did not come up autmatically. Under My Documents there was a folder
named Administraor Documents (which is what I was using soley) and in it
were all my Documents.
I was just curious as to why it didn't just transfer to My Documents
instead of having to click on another folder?
Also I understand you have to transfer your email messages and address,
but I have Comcast (cable)Internet and on several of my attempts...when I
access the Internet I can not sign on to retriev my email. Is that normal,
as far as something else that has to be transferred over?
Again I thank you and everyone else who has posted. This forum has been
very helpful and everyone has been very nice to a Techno dummy!!
"Malke" wrote:
> macmahon85 wrote:
>
> > I appreciate the help, but I guess I'm beyond help!!
> > I tried that. I logged into the two new accounts I created. I logged
> > out...and logged into them again.
> (snip)
>
> That's OK, let's just go over this one more time:
>
> You made two new accounts. Let's call them "Macmahon" and "Extra" and
> you will have made both of those new accounts Computer Administrators
> (not Limited). You really only want to copy the original Administrator
> account files to Macmahon. So, after you made Macmahon and Extra, you
> logged into Macmahon and then logged out - not switched users, but
> really logged out. Now log into Extra.
>
> Copy Files to the New User Profile
>
> 1. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying
> files to or from - this will be Extra.
> 2. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click the
> View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide
> protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
> 3. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where C
> is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is the
> name of the profile you want to copy user data from (the original
> Administrator account).
> 4. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and
> subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
> * Ntuser.dat
> * Ntuser.dat.log
> * Ntuser.ini
> 5. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
> 6. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C
> is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is the
> name of the user profile that you created (Macmahon).
> 7. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
> 8. Log off the computer, and then log on as Macmahon.
>
> Note: You must import your e-mail messages and addresses to the new user
> profile before you delete the old profile. For additional information
> see 313055 OLEXP: Mail Folders, Address Book, and E-mail Messages Are
> Missing After You Upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP
>
> Malke
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