"Everett Joline" wrote:
| Somehow I must of done something to the computer and
| it is no longer showing my usual set of icons on the desktop.
| Instead it is showing only those of the administrator (which
| is also me).
|
| How do I get it to display _my_  (user name) icons, or maybe
| even both sets?
|
| I guess I could just move them from one desktop to the other,
| but I'd like to understand the mechanism. It's running Win2K.
|
| Thanks,
| E-Jo
|
|

"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
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> Sounds like the profile is corrupt. You can use the steps in this article
> to
> replace the local administrator profile.
>
> User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
> Installation
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296834
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Everett Joline" wrote:
> | Somehow I must of done something to the computer and
> | it is no longer showing my usual set of icons on the desktop.
> | Instead it is showing only those of the administrator (which
> | is also me).
> |
> | How do I get it to display _my_  (user name) icons, or maybe
> | even both sets?
> |
> | I guess I could just move them from one desktop to the other,
> | but I'd like to understand the mechanism. It's running Win2K.
> |
> | Thanks,
> | E-Jo
> |
> |
>
>

"Everett Joline" wrote:
| Thanks for your input Dave. I haven't tried it yet however cause I
| hate mucking around with the registry (considering all the warnings
given).
| However, I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet.
| E-Jo