Guest Stevoisiak@hotmail.com Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 Hello. Usually, I have no problems with figuring out how do things on the PC (except getting it to actually work WELL compared to mac :D) But I have a problem. I started using the computer on the default admin name. Now however, I'd like to add a regular user for other people, but it wont let me since there are no admin accounts. (Well, except the one titled ADMINISTRATOR, but who cares about that) I need to make a new admin account. But, I'd like to transfer the settings from the Admin account I'm using now. How can I do this? Would copying and pasting the user setings folder work? Or is there some hidden feature I'm unaware of?
Guest Anteaus Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 RE: Transfering user settings Copying the contents of the Administrator profile to the "Default User" profile will result these files and settings being copied to new users' profiles the first time they log on. The file 'NTUSER.DAT' contains the user's settings. Only proviso is that this transfer cannot be done whilst the Administrator user is logged-on, only under another account. The profiles are under "Documents and Settings" in XP. Stevoisiak@hotmail.com" wrote: > Hello. Usually, I have no problems with figuring out how do things on the PC > (except getting it to actually work WELL compared to mac :D) But I have a > problem. I started using the computer on the default admin name. Now however, > I'd like to add a regular user for other people, but it wont let me since > there are no admin accounts. (Well, except the one titled ADMINISTRATOR, but > who cares about that) I need to make a new admin account. But, I'd like to > transfer the settings from the Admin account I'm using now. How can I do > this? Would copying and pasting the user setings folder work? Or is there > some hidden feature I'm unaware of?
Guest Malke Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 Re: Transfering user settings Stevoisiak@hotmail.com wrote: > Hello. Usually, I have no problems with figuring out how do things on the > PC (except getting it to actually work WELL compared to mac :D) But I have > a problem. I started using the computer on the default admin name. Now > however, I'd like to add a regular user for other people, but it wont let > me since there are no admin accounts. (Well, except the one titled > ADMINISTRATOR, but who cares about that) I need to make a new admin > account. But, I'd like to transfer the settings from the Admin account I'm > using now. How can I do this? Would copying and pasting the user setings > folder work? Or is there some hidden feature I'm unaware of? Very simple to do. First create an extra administrator account. Call it "Tech" or "CompAdmin" or whatever you want. It is always a good idea to have an extra user account with administrative privileges anyway in case of emergencies where the other administrative user account becomes corrupted. Next, create your own new user account, the one you want to use. Make it "Computer Administrator" to start with. Log into this new account once. Now log out and into the new Tech/CompAdmin account you made. Follow the instructions to copy the built-in Administrator account to your new user account. Copy a User Account - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151 Once done (and it will only take a few minutes), log into your new user account. Some of the cosmetic bits (Desktop background, etc.) may be different but everything else will be the same, including all your stuff from My Documents. After you have everything to your liking, you can delete the documents, etc. from the built-in Administrator account so as not to have duplicates of your data. You won't delete this account, of course. If you want to make your new user account a Standard account, after you've finished your copying and are happy with it, you can do this. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Stevoisiak@hotmail.com Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Re: Transfering user settings "Malke" wrote: > Stevoisiak@hotmail.com wrote: > > > Hello. Usually, I have no problems with figuring out how do things on the > > PC (except getting it to actually work WELL compared to mac :D) But I have > > a problem. I started using the computer on the default admin name. Now > > however, I'd like to add a regular user for other people, but it wont let > > me since there are no admin accounts. (Well, except the one titled > > ADMINISTRATOR, but who cares about that) I need to make a new admin > > account. But, I'd like to transfer the settings from the Admin account I'm > > using now. How can I do this? Would copying and pasting the user setings > > folder work? Or is there some hidden feature I'm unaware of? > > Very simple to do. First create an extra administrator account. Call it > "Tech" or "CompAdmin" or whatever you want. It is always a good idea to > have an extra user account with administrative privileges anyway in case of > emergencies where the other administrative user account becomes corrupted. > > Next, create your own new user account, the one you want to use. Make it > "Computer Administrator" to start with. Log into this new account once. Now > log out and into the new Tech/CompAdmin account you made. > > Follow the instructions to copy the built-in Administrator account to your > new user account. > > Copy a User Account - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151 > > Once done (and it will only take a few minutes), log into your new user > account. Some of the cosmetic bits (Desktop background, etc.) may be > different but everything else will be the same, including all your stuff > from My Documents. After you have everything to your liking, you can delete > the documents, etc. from the built-in Administrator account so as not to > have duplicates of your data. You won't delete this account, of course. > > If you want to make your new user account a Standard account, after you've > finished your copying and are happy with it, you can do this. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > > Wow. That seems annoying. 3 admins just to transfer account data. Will this transfer programs, documents, and files, or do I need to transfer those individually?
Guest Malke Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Re: Transfering user settings Stevoisiak@hotmail.com wrote: > Wow. That seems annoying. 3 admins just to transfer account data. Will > this transfer programs, documents, and files, or do I need to transfer > those individually? Well, I don't think having 3 accounts is a bad idea nor do I think spending less than 10 minutes to correct the mistake of having used the Administrative account for daily work to start with is any big deal. Yes, the whole point of copying a user account is that all your stuff will be in the new one. As you would have seen if you had read the article I linked you to. Please note the caveats about emails in the article. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Stevoisiak@hotmail.com Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Re: Transfering user settings > Well, I don't think having 3 accounts is a bad idea nor do I think spending > less than 10 minutes to correct the mistake of having used the > Administrative account for daily work to start with is any big deal. > > Yes, the whole point of copying a user account is that all your stuff will > be in the new one. As you would have seen if you had read the article I > linked you to. Please note the caveats about emails in the article. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > Well, no worries on having 3 accounts, the default admin dissapeared from the logon list. Anyways, at the end of copying it said that it could not copy "UsrClass". Should I be worried about that? Also, after the new account is set up, is it safe to manually delete the origional admin account? Having the files posted twice takes up so much space. Especially considering this is my home computer. (Aka: For the most part, only I use it)
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