XP pro and default user account names

[Perryg114]

Lately when I have made some new installations of XP pro it seems that the default My Documents user account has changed from Aministrator to Operator. I really want one account where XP uses only one user account. It seems like no matter where I want My Documents to be XP puts it somewhere else. Also network access to drives is complicated. What is My Documents going to be called today. Sometimes it is Operators Documents, or Administrators Documents, or even My Documents. So programs will use some other user account to put stuff in besides the My Documents directory I have identified as Target. When I try to change the default account to Administrator it won't let me. I never know where my files are going to end up next. I guess where I messed up is I tried to put My Documents in D: instead of letting XP do what it wants with it. I basically copied my old My Documents directory from the old machine to the new one but XP was hit or miss as to which one it wanted to put files in even after I specified the target as D:\My Documents. Is there a way to tell XP to put all my Documents and settings on D: instead of C:?

Perry

 

[Raincity]

With admin rights loggon copy over the exisiting docs & settings folder to a new folder you created. Now change local folder path from admin tools/comp management/user accounts/user/properties.

 

[Perryg114]

Ok I understood some of that. ? So I change the profile path of each user to the new Documents and settings directory? Can I set all profile paths the same so that all user accounts have the same My Documents Directory? I would really like to have only one user account which would be Administrator. Administrator is listed as a user account but there is not login prompt for Administrator just Operator. I would like to Nuke Operator and Create Administrator as the default account. When I try to create an Administrator account it says it already exists but its not in the user account list.

Perry

 

[Raincity]

You need to use classic logon to log on as admin or add it to the welcome screen by doing a registry edit, Google it. Yes you can nuke the operator account and just run as admin.

 

[bsobel]

Stop using and renaming the administrator account, create an account with admin privs.

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: bsobel
Stop using and renaming the administrator account, create an account with admin privs.

Protip: Might want to add WHY this is recommended. Otherwise it just appears to be your (very pointed) opinion.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Saga

Originally posted by: bsobel
Stop using and renaming the administrator account, create an account with admin privs.

Protip: Might want to add WHY this is recommended. Otherwise it just appears to be your (very pointed) opinion.

Its how MS recommends XP accounts be setup, and why he's running into the problem fighting it.

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: Saga

Originally posted by: bsobel
Stop using and renaming the administrator account, create an account with admin privs.

Protip: Might want to add WHY this is recommended. Otherwise it just appears to be your (very pointed) opinion.

Its how MS recommends XP accounts be setup, and why he's running into the problem fighting it.

Thanks! <3

 

[Raincity]

That is the logical way to do it. But if the user wants to run admin account as a normal account. Who am I to stop him.

 

[Perryg114]

Well I am just trying to stop XP from putting crap in different places by narrowing down places it can put stuff. I don't like trying to play hide and seek as to where my files go and where my programs put things. I don't want My Documents to be on the boot drive. I want the OS to be separate from the data so I can make mirrors of the OS without alot of BS. I really don't want My Documents to be a relative thing. I want there to be only one My Documents not 10. It seems like even when I specify where I want my files to go they don't all go there.

Perry

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Perryg114
Well I am just trying to stop XP from putting crap in different places by narrowing down places it can put stuff. I don't like trying to play hide and seek as to where my files go and where my programs put things. I don't want My Documents to be on the boot drive. I want the OS to be separate from the data so I can make mirrors of the OS without alot of BS. I really don't want My Documents to be a relative thing. I want there to be only one My Documents not 10. It seems like even when I specify where I want my files to go they don't all go there.

Perry

XP doesnt do the things you are claiming. It has a default admin account, some custom setups give your the 'operator' account. Simply create a PerryG account on those boxes with the privs you need and you'll be set. Your fighting something you dont need to fight.