Switching user accounts

[MightyMouse]

Well if appears that my account has been corrupted. So I was wondering, how do I switch to another account (admin accounts). And keep all the same things. All the same programs in the start menu, same favourites in web browser...and so on and so on?

using windows xp pro

[dunedin]

Hello MightyMouse

1.Log on as Administrator.

2.Click Start / Control Panel.

3.Click User Accounts.

4 Click the Advanced tab, then the Advanced button. Click the Users folder in the left pane of the console. Click the Action menu and select New User. Enter the information for the new user, and click Create.

Next, you need to copy the files to the new profile:
1.Log on with a different account (not the one you're copying the files from or to).

2.Open Windows Explorer and click Tools / Folder Options / View. Click the checkbox for Show Hidden Files and Folders and uncheck the box for Hide Protected Operating System Files. Click OK.

3.Find the files for the old profile under Documents and Settings\. (This is the user name for the old profile).

4.Hold the CTRL key down and select all the files and subfolders in the folder except: Ntuser.dat, Ntuser.dat.log and Ntuser.ini. Do NOT select those files.

5.Click the Edit menu and click Copy.

6.Go to the Documents and Settings\ folder for the new profile. This will be the name that you entered when you created the new profile.

7.Click Edit and Paste.
You'll need to log off and then log back on with the new user account and the settings will be applied to your new profile.

You will also need to copy your email data to the new account before deleting the old account

For OE
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../OEtopten.mspx

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