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Thanks for responding, Sharon:
Yes I tried reloading the office CD doesnt seem to help I have some sort of
bug in my word program. When I save a document , then try to retrieve it it
gives me an error for instance I retyped my resume the other day and saved it
to the desktop now when I try to open it I get"The file xxx xxx resume is not
available" How can it not be available when I just typed it? Thats why I want
to go back to the point before I added the other user I never had any of
these problems before I did that.
"Sharon F" wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:11:01 -0700, ArtinSD wrote:
>
> > And now I can'y access my word program and I seem to be having other problems
> > how can I go back to the point before I activited the user accounts program
> > to add a user?
>
> And? Do you have another post somewhere? Guessing from what little info is
> in this post...
>
> If you "lost" your old account from the welcome screen, it's because you
> were using the built-in administrator account (originally named
> Administrator). Whenever another account is created within the
> administrative group, the built-in account drops off of the welcome screen.
> This behavior is intended and normal.
>
> You also asked how to "go back." Not always plausible nor advisable where
> the builtin administrator account is concerned. The account is intended to
> be used as reserved account. If anything goes wrong with the day-to-day
> accounts, it is often the only one accessible for "fixing" things up again.
>
> You could force the account back on to the welcome screen using TweakUI for
> XP. TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP. A link to the download can be
> found here:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
> However, it would probably be wiser in the long run to leave it be and use
> the new account instead. In regards to the new account and current access
> problems:
>
> Have you tried launching Word by itself from your new account yet? There
> should be a pause as info is setup for your user account in regards to any
> installed Office program. There may even be a prompt for the Office CD
> during this process. If still no luck, run Office setup again and choose to
> install for *all users* instead of "only me."
>
> To access files that are "owned" by another account (in this case, your old
> account), take ownership of the files. Then you can access them. You could
> even copy and move them over to your account folders, if you prefer.
> HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=308421
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>
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