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Karadur Fire Snake  Level: 48  Posts: 81/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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| I've written it in other threads, but everyone on this computer apart from my Mom has a profile of their own. Back when we got the internet connected, I made up a profile for my Dad, but something's gone weird with it, and I don't know what. In the Documents and Settings folder, there's 'Jim' and 'Jim.USER-KYOBOWMZDS'. The extra part at the end of the second one is our computer's name. I know that for a fact, 'cause that's the name the place we got the computer from put on it. The odd thing is, I set up his profile to use the name 'Jim', so you'd think his profile folder would have the same name. It doesn't. All the stuff stored on his desktop is in the 'Jim.USER-KYOBOWMZDS' folder. I tried deleting the folder titled 'Jim', but for some reason he lost all the stuff from his desktop after that  I also tried completely deleting his profile and making a new one, but both folders came back. It's weird 'cause everyone else's profiles are all contained in one folder.It's like the two folders depend on one another for his profile to work  That doesn't stop the computer for working properly. Everything else works fine and all. I'd just like to find a way to get all his stuff into one folder, and for it to stay there. I also wonder what caused this sort of thing to happen. It very well could be something he did when he used the computer, but if it is, I don't know what he did  |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2106/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Karadur Fire Snake Level: 48 Posts: 86/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker From the two of those, I'm more leaning towards something with his profile, because I haven't done anything with the network / workgroup settings since we got this computer. Like I already said though, for all I know, he could've gotten into something and messed it up by accident. If that's the case, there's a very good chance that he wouldn't know how to recreate what he did, since it's a) Happened more than a month ago now, and b) The most he knows about using the computer, he's learned from me telling him what to do This computer's not part of any network, besides the connection to the internet if you want to count that. My Dad said something about him having his own computer upstairs (I've yet to see it, but I've been assured many times over it's very old), and something about setting up a wireless network, so he could do what he needed to upstairs. I don't know if that's a for-sure thing yet. If it is, I can easily delete his profile from this computer, since he'll be using his own, and that'll solve the problem I noticed. Until then, how should I go about checking that things are set right? I've done everything I knew of, but I've had no luck so far |
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BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53  Posts: 479/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Hmm. I sometimes use Win2K, and the same thing happened to the Administrator account (the main one I use). There's "Administrator" and "Administrator.ECLIPSE" (there's also "ADMINI~1~ECL," but I have no idea what that one is; all it contains is a few temp folders). "Administrator" contains a copy of the Start menu and other things as they appeared shortly after I installed the OS, while "Administrator.ECLIPSE" contains my current setup. I think it happened after I set up my network or installed SP4; maybe it appended the computer name for identification purposes, as part of its networking system. I'd suggest you leave it alone; as odd as it may seem, it's apparently there for a reason. As long as Windows isn't saving two copies of each file (one in each folder), I wouldn't worry about it too much. |
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Karadur Fire Snake Level: 48 Posts: 91/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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| For all I know it could be something with SP2, because I'm pretty sure I created his profile after I upgraded It's not doing anything harmful to the computer that I noticed, so I guess I can just leave it alone for now. At least there's only two for me, unlike your three, BMF One other thing I forgot to mention first time 'round was: before deleting the folder titled 'Jim', I tried renaming it, and logging on as him, and when I checked the folder was back I guess there must be a reason for it. |
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KsoftFusion Paragoomba Level: 15  Posts: 26/71 EXP: 13389 For next: 2995 Since: 06-19-04 From: I don't know, gimme a map. Since last post: 25 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| Just leave it alone. It's not doing anything to mess with the machine. I think this feature's been around forever. Our 'Administrator' name on our XP computer has an Administator folder and an Administrator.FAMILYROOM folder. It works fine. It's also been there since we got the computer last year. (edited by KsoftFusion on 11-21-04 06:51 AM) |
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