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09-29-2006, 01:33 PM
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Limited user accounts not working
Hi all,
My familys having problems logging onto their User accounts in Xp. My account is the only Password protected Admin account that works. The other 3 family members accounts which ive made Limited accounts just lock the whole system up now and it crashes. They only load to show their desktop background and thats it,No start menu or icons. Is this something serius like missing files? As i said my Admin account works fine  Any help appreciated |
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09-29-2006, 01:46 PM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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What happens when you make a new limited account?
Click the first link in my sig...There are several articles on corrupt user accounts.
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09-29-2006, 02:09 PM
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I tried making new Limited accounts and they still do the same thing
 Il take a look on those links 
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09-29-2006, 02:26 PM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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If a brand new account has the same problem then something else is going on.
"They only load to show their desktop background and thats it,No start menu or icons." -> For grins, do CTRL-ALT-DEL and bring up task manager. Click on File->New Task and type: Explorer |
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09-29-2006, 02:31 PM
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Have to tried booting into Safe Mode and scanning for viruses/spyware?
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09-29-2006, 02:38 PM
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I will also do this... Quote:
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09-29-2006, 02:42 PM
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EzyStvy,
I done....CTRL-ALT-DEL and bring up task manager. Click on File->New Task and type: Explorer And it done nothing,Didnt bring up any icons or start menu  Have to try safe mode and scanning for viruses. Il report back |
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09-29-2006, 02:47 PM
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I don't think it would hurt if you tried the scannow sfc but you will be asked for your xp pro cd.
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09-29-2006, 03:05 PM
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Try chaning one of the accounts to a super user and see what happens.
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09-29-2006, 04:34 PM
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Theres only Computer administrator and Limited I did what doctorgonzo said trying boot up in safe mode and scanning for viruses/spyware but they found nothing. Quote:
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09-29-2006, 05:33 PM
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I'd guess that something on your startup for the limited users is accessing an area that is restricted. Check the startup programs that you've got and make sure that they have adequate user rights for non-admin users. This could even be related to the disks that limited users are allowed to access.
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Click the ADVANCED TAB > and the Advanced button for advanced user management. Go to Users > Double click on a particular user from the right. Click the Member of .. and the ADD button. Type Power Users .. click the CHECK NAMES button .. verify that it's fine and click ADD. I did what doctorgonzo said trying boot up in safe mode and scanning for viruses/spyware but they found nothing. Quote:
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09-29-2006, 05:54 PM
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Hey thanks for your time in explaining in detail there Statica.
Although before you posted the reply i was already doing a repair of Xp and now its working fine so it must of been a currupt file or missing file  I managed to find out my Xp cd frum under the heaps of other cds i have  .Its very appreciated guys thankkyou. |
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