User cannot change desktop etc

[Guest Sue]

A User on my computer cannot change any settings, eg sounds, desktop

wallpaper. A while ago he was administrator, but got changed back to limited

account. I deleted his account and re-instated it but it is still the same.

I am thinking there is something in registry blocking him. Any ideas?

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: User cannot change desktop etc

 

Do you mean by re-instated that you created a new account? If you created a

new account, did you give administrator or limited privileges? If you gave

administrator but it somehow switched to limited, then delete the account

and create another using a variation of the user name. For example, if the

original account was: Ron, make the new account: RonB

 

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Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2008

 

 

"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>A User on my computer cannot change any settings, eg sounds, desktop

> wallpaper. A while ago he was administrator, but got changed back to

> limited

> account. I deleted his account and re-instated it but it is still the

> same.

> I am thinking there is something in registry blocking him. Any ideas?

[Guest Sue]

Re: User cannot change desktop etc

 

Thankyou for that advice, but I already tried that and while all files are on

desktop, still cannot change wallpaper, sounds, ANYTHING.

Could this somehow be related to SP3 problem which appeared in another

post?> --

> Regards

>

> Ron Badour

> MS MVP 1997 - 2008

>

>

> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D917E243-3BCB-4705-A71F-CAB7B3AAAFFC@microsoft.com...

> >A User on my computer cannot change any settings, eg sounds, desktop

> > wallpaper. A while ago he was administrator, but got changed back to

> > limited

> > account. I deleted his account and re-instated it but it is still the

> > same.

> > I am thinking there is something in registry blocking him. Any ideas?

>

>

>

[Guest Sue]

Re: User cannot change desktop etc

 

OK I HAVE SOLVED IT. Copied folder under this logon and changed name (ie

Alex to Alex1). Deleted user. Created user again, then put all folders one

by one (included hidden) back into the new user folder. Found a file

'ntuser' that mucked it all up again, so deleted this and used original that

was created when new user was created.

Hope this helps others.