Setting Default User - getting an error

I forgot to mention that I am using another administrative account.

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

 > Use a third not-in-use profile to do the copy.
 >
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 > "Refurb Mike" wrote:
 > | I'm trying to create a default user profile by setting up a generic user
 > | account and then copying it (via System Ctl Panel) to the Default User
 > | folder. When I try to copy, I get an error:
 > |
 > | "Windows cannot copy file C:\Documents and Settings\user\Cookies\index.dat
 > | to location C:\Documents and Settings\Default
 > User.WINNT\Cookies\index.dat.
 > | Contact your network administrator.
 > |
 > | "DETAIL - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by
 > | another process."
 > |
 > | I know index.dat is some people's favorite file. Any ideas?
 >
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I just noticed. You have 'Default User.WINNT' Appears this was an over the
top repair install. There may be corruption in the profile you're trying to
copy.

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"Refurb Mike" wrote:
|I forgot to mention that I am using another administrative account.
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You have opened up IE in the session when you try to copy the profile.
Reboot and don't open up IE prior to trying to copy.


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 >I just noticed. You have 'Default User.WINNT' Appears this was an over the
 > top repair install. There may be corruption in the profile you're trying
 > to
 > copy.
 >
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 > Regards,
 >
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 > "Refurb Mike" wrote:
 > |I forgot to mention that I am using another administrative account.
 >
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 >> Stay informed about: Setting Default User - getting an error 

Are you saying the "user" profile is corrupt? or the "default user"?

And what would you suggest I do to resolve this?

BTW, thanks for attending to this issue.

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

 > I just noticed. You have 'Default User.WINNT' Appears this was an over the
 > top repair install. There may be corruption in the profile you're trying to
 > copy.
 >
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 > Regards,
 >
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 > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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Probably the user profile. To test this create a new local user account
(same permission level), then logon once as the new user to create the
profile, then while logged on as local administrator test that you can use
the Copy To function to copy the profile in question over the new profile.

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"Refurb Mike" wrote:
| Are you saying the "user" profile is corrupt? or the "default user"?
|
| And what would you suggest I do to resolve this?
|
| BTW, thanks for attending to this issue.
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Okay, just did that. And it worked. I can copy from the "user" account to
another account ("user2"). So it's not the source account, but somehow
"Default User" has been screwed up.

Any thoughts?

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

 > Probably the user profile. To test this create a new local user account
 > (same permission level), then logon once as the new user to create the
 > profile, then while logged on as local administrator test that you can use
 > the Copy To function to copy the profile in question over the new profile.
 >
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 > Regards,
 >
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 >> Stay informed about: Setting Default User - getting an error 

Do you have another machine you can copy from? Why do you have "Default
User.WINNT"? Was this a repair install? Does the original (now orphaned)
"\Documents and Settings\Default User" folder still exist and appear intact?
If so you can point the OS back to this one by editing two registry Reg_Sz
string values.

DefaultUserProfile=Default User
ProfilesDirectory=%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

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"Refurb Mike" wrote:
| Okay, just did that. And it worked. I can copy from the "user" account to
| another account ("user2"). So it's not the source account, but somehow
| "Default User" has been screwed up.
|
| Any thoughts?
 >> Stay informed about: Setting Default User - getting an error 

Personally, I don't know why it says "WINNT". I believe this particular
machine has been added to a domain once or twice in its history (it is
currently not), if that means anything. It is not a repair install (don't
know what that is). There is no "Default User", there's just "Default
User.WINNT" and "All Users.WINNT".

Thanks again for your attention, I appreciate the help.


"Dave Patrick" wrote:

 > Do you have another machine you can copy from? Why do you have "Default
 > User.WINNT"? Was this a repair install? Does the original (now orphaned)
 > "\Documents and Settings\Default User" folder still exist and appear intact?
 > If so you can point the OS back to this one by editing two registry Reg_Sz
 > string values.
 >
 > DefaultUserProfile=Default User
 > ProfilesDirectory=%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings
 > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
 >
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 > Regards,
 >
 > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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 > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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 >> Stay informed about: Setting Default User - getting an error 

Moving from/ to workgroup/ domain doesn't cause this to happen. Either case
try copying "\default user" from another Windows 2000 machine and adjust the
registry to point to it.

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"Refurb Mike" wrote:
| Personally, I don't know why it says "WINNT". I believe this particular
| machine has been added to a domain once or twice in its history (it is
| currently not), if that means anything. It is not a repair install (don't
| know what that is). There is no "Default User", there's just "Default
| User.WINNT" and "All Users.WINNT".
|
| Thanks again for your attention, I appreciate the help.
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Unbelieveable. It worked.

Thank you so much, Dave.

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

 > Moving from/ to workgroup/ domain doesn't cause this to happen. Either case
 > try copying "\default user" from another Windows 2000 machine and adjust the
 > registry to point to it.
 >
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 > Regards,
 >
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Not really. Glad to hear it though.

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"Refurb Mike" wrote:
| Unbelieveable. It worked.
|
| Thank you so much, Dave.
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Okay, same problem. This time with the new profile.

The only difference has been that I pulled the imaged off the computer (via
Symantec Ghost) and put it on another. Would Ghost mess profiles up?
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OK, refresh my memory. Same problem as what part of this thread?

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"Refurb Mike" wrote:
| Okay, same problem. This time with the new profile.
|
| The only difference has been that I pulled the imaged off the computer
(via
| Symantec Ghost) and put it on another. Would Ghost mess profiles up?
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