problem creating new user profile

I suspect my administrator profile is corrupt and am trying to copy files
into a new profile per MS Article ID 811151. When I "explore" my hard drive
("C"), and open "Documents and settings," I don't see my old or new profile
there. I see my wife's ("Bonnie") and the rest are "Administrator," "All
Users," "Default User," "HP_Owner," and "Owner." What am I doing wrong? (I
created new profile
in User Accts in Control Panel.

One of these is your old user profile folder:

1. HP_Owner
2. Owner
3. Administrator

If the old user account still works, login to that account and type %userprofile% in Start/Run and press ENTER. This will show the user Home path for that user account.

If not, download "SIDList.vbs" from http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/ and run the script. The User Account names, their SIDs and the Profile folder paths will be listed in a log file, and opened automatically. The output looks like this:

== Output ==
Username : Administrator
SID : <SID>
Profile dir : G:\Documents and Settings\Administrator

Username : Guest
SID : <SID>
Profile dir : G:\Documents and Settings\guest

Username : Ramesh
SID : <SID>
Profile dir : G:\Documents and Settings\Ramesh
===========

And, regarding the new user profile, the profile folder will be created only after logging on to the user account atleast one time.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"T Brown" <TBrown@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:573F79E1-E8F5-4A23-A19B-B47145450551@microsoft.com...
I suspect my administrator profile is corrupt and am trying to copy files
into a new profile per MS Article ID 811151. When I "explore" my hard drive
("C"), and open "Documents and settings," I don't see my old or new profile
there. I see my wife's ("Bonnie") and the rest are "Administrator," "All
Users," "Default User," "HP_Owner," and "Owner." What am I doing wrong? (I
created new profile
in User Accts in Control Panel.

Thanks for your help. I'll try this ASAP.
Tom Brown

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> One of these is your old user profile folder:
>
> 1. HP_Owner
> 2. Owner
> 3. Administrator
>
> If the old user account still works, login to that account and type %userprofile% in Start/Run and press ENTER. This will show the user Home path for that user account.
>
> If not, download "SIDList.vbs" from http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/ and run the script. The User Account names, their SIDs and the Profile folder paths will be listed in a log file, and opened automatically. The output looks like this:
>
> == Output ==
> Username : Administrator
> SID : <SID>
> Profile dir : G:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
>
> Username : Guest
> SID : <SID>
> Profile dir : G:\Documents and Settings\guest
>
> Username : Ramesh
> SID : <SID>
> Profile dir : G:\Documents and Settings\Ramesh
> ===========
>
> And, regarding the new user profile, the profile folder will be created only after logging on to the user account atleast one time.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>
>
> "T Brown" <TBrown@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:573F79E1-E8F5-4A23-A19B-B47145450551@microsoft.com...
> I suspect my administrator profile is corrupt and am trying to copy files
> into a new profile per MS Article ID 811151. When I "explore" my hard drive
> ("C"), and open "Documents and settings," I don't see my old or new profile
> there. I see my wife's ("Bonnie") and the rest are "Administrator," "All
> Users," "Default User," "HP_Owner," and "Owner." What am I doing wrong? (I
> created new profile
> in User Accts in Control Panel.
>