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Thread ID: 20246	2002-06-01 06:13:00	Recover lost password profiles	Guest (0)	Press F1

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51880	2002-06-01 06:13:00	Hi there, Is there a way to recover or to let windows open up the profile folder for lost users names. I had that Klezzie virus which stopped a lot of applications starting and as I have a recovery disk I put that on without reformatting the drive and thought that my user name would return when I reboot or when I put my name on the password logon, but I have put a new logon password but do not access to my origonal files. If I go into explorer/windows/profiles my user names are still their but will not open the file, just says access denied. I am sure I read a way of recovering user names by finding all the .pwl files and deleting them but that has not worked either. If anyone knows how I would appreciate it. I am using win. me. Gordon Paterson	Guest (0)
51881	2002-06-01 10:40:00	Millenium has Emergency boot disks and the system restore utility. Brandname PCs come with a recovery CD, but this formats the hard drive. I am not sure what your recovery disk is. This article describes system restore which may help support.microsoft.com	Guest (0)
51882	2002-06-03 09:34:00	Thanks Marty for your reply, I was most probably too quick using the recovery disc which is a HP, which only formats if reqd. so all the files are stil there, and I can access them by going to my old profile file but cant bring it back for password recognition. I did try to use system restore but the previous restore dates had been removed. I might have to move the files over one by one maybe. thanks anyway and I did go to microsoft knowledge base but no luck there either. Gordon	Guest (0)
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