hello there need help asap! installed this software called fusion tv,for a usb freeview dongle i have,was the wrong software because it didnt work,pugged in the usb dongle and windows was trying to search for a driver,i clicked cancel and it wasnt responding,so i hit the reset button,took aaages restarting and when it finally did and i had logged into my account,everything in my documents had been deleted,all programs like firefox had been reset as if i had just installed them,same goes for windows xp,all my music,documents everythings gone,and i had system restore turned off,so i cant do that,whats happend and how do i get it all back.please help as im totaly lost.
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ive just been in my c:\ documents and settings and found two folders,one called BOSS which is what my account is called,dont laugh lol,and anotehr called Boss.AAA followed by some numbers,all my documnets are in BOSS and its like the comp has created a new one called Boss AAA and loading that if that makes sense
Is the computer connected to a domain of some sort?
I would just create another admin account and change the settings so windows forces you to enter in your credentials before logging in. Log into the admin account you just created and copy all your files over to the new admin profile. Then reboot the computer, log in, and delete the other two profiles
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If you right click on my computer and select Manage. Now go into Local Users and Groups. Tell me what users can currently log onto the computer.
You can get around that access denied thing n one of two ways (probably more):
1.) Change the permissions on the folder that's giving you the access denied message
2.) Set your new profile up exactly the way you like it (without the actual files/documents) being there and then load up knoppix and just drag and drop the files over.
thisis a screenshot of the user groups thing u asked me to do...as for changing the permisson on the BOSS folder how do i do that? if i copy all the files over using knoppix (i have no idea what that is lol),would the way windows loaded be same as b4,as in all the shortcuts and links etc all be in the same place,the desktop items etc
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I would not be too hopeful that you'll find a silver-bullet to reset everything to the way it was before. You are, in my opinion, very fortunate to have access to all your data files. This being said, I am sorry for the problem you are in. Consider that starting with a new profile and moving gigabytes of data to new folders seems far less painful than having to spend hours recovering files that have been overwritten and then reinstalling Windows.
If you manage to get access to the profile folder where all your files are located do the following
1.) To retrieve IE bookmarks:
Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\[Profile folder where your files were]\Favorites
Copy all of the files here and paste them into C:\Documents and Settings\[Current Profile Folder]\favorites
2.) To retrieve Firefox bookmarks, settings, etc
Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\[Profile folder where your files were]\Application Data\
Copy the ENTIRE Mozilla folder and paste it into C:\Documents and Settings\[Current Profile Folder]\Application Data\
another wee problem...keyboard seems as tho its on 'american setting' as in when i type in the @ sign i hav to press shift and number 2,as in pressing shift and commer key makes the " sign.ive tried changin it on the regional setting,but it was on English United Kingdom,as so pressin shift and the number 3 to make the pound sign only makes this sign #
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by: sirocco87Posted on 2009-09-22 at 15:55:51ID: 25398381
You might have logged into the wrong profile. Go to the Documents and Settings folder and see if there are multiple users listed there. Browse through their files (assuming you have the rights to do so) and see if you can find your files.