User Accounts at Logon vs User Accounts in Parental Control

spacejuicer

I started transferring profiles from my old to new PC. Stopped due to
insufficient space on new drive.

Profiles were transferred but only show in Parental Control setup and not at
logon screen or in Manage Accounts. I tried to setup a new account using the
same name in Manage accounts, but can't because "there's already an account
with that name". I can't find were these profiles are located. They don't
appear in the USERS folder.

I am the administrator of this pc (vista home premium).

Mark L. Ferguson

Sometimes that error shows up if you use a machine name identical to a user
name. If that's not it, you can try this utility.

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...YYBBF#filelist
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Mark L. Ferguson

"spacejuicer" <spacejuicer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:334410D2-0B7A-45F6-B96C-0EED04EA9D6C@microsoft.com...
> I started transferring profiles from my old to new PC. Stopped due to
> insufficient space on new drive.
>
> Profiles were transferred but only show in Parental Control setup and not
> at
> logon screen or in Manage Accounts. I tried to setup a new account using
> the
> same name in Manage accounts, but can't because "there's already an
> account
> with that name". I can't find were these profiles are located. They don't
> appear in the USERS folder.
>
> I am the administrator of this pc (vista home premium).
>
>

Karl Snooks

Mark,
I took a look at the suggested link re User Profile Hive Cleanup Service.

From the text there, which I've pasted in, then either the "Service" does not apply to Vista OR the writeup is out-of-date which is also a distinct possibility.

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NOTE: The service has not been localized but is expected to run properly on localized version of Windows. The event log messages will be shown in English.

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karl

"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:433A6685-E31F-4B45-BA50-369A64D08148@microsoft.com...
Sometimes that error shows up if you use a machine name identical to a user
name. If that's not it, you can try this utility.

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...YYBBF#filelist
--
click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a post''
Mark L. Ferguson

"spacejuicer" <spacejuicer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:334410D2-0B7A-45F6-B96C-0EED04EA9D6C@microsoft.com...
> I started transferring profiles from my old to new PC. Stopped due to
> insufficient space on new drive.
>
> Profiles were transferred but only show in Parental Control setup and not
> at
> logon screen or in Manage Accounts. I tried to setup a new account using
> the
> same name in Manage accounts, but can't because "there's already an
> account
> with that name". I can't find were these profiles are located. They don't
> appear in the USERS folder.
>
> I am the administrator of this pc (vista home premium).
>
>