[WinMac] NT and losing files - heaps of questions!
Richard Dugan(r.dugan[at]vcc.org.nz)
Fri, 28 May 1999 00:26:40 -0500
This question has nothing to do about Mac's, but as a Mac user trying to
solve Win NT problems I am way stuck!
I recently received 7 new IBM pentiums, preinstalled with NT w/s SP3. I
created profiles so different users could log in etc. However, I have now
discovered after about 3 weeks of use, that 3 of the 7 machines (so far)
are having trouble retaining files in each users profile e.g. a user saves
a Word file into their personal folder and the next time they log in, their
personal folder is empty! I have tried logging in as Administrator and
still can't see the files in the WINNT40\PROFILES directory. Using the
Find command has come up empty. I have noticed that a whole bunch of files
are getting dumped into the WINNT40 folder with .acl and .wab extension and
there appear to be files named as that of the profile name but these cannot
be opened.
Is the registry shot and if so is it best to reinstall NT or can I just
create new user profiles? Should I reformat the drives and start from
scratch or is it ok to reinstall NT on top of the old version? Why should
this happen on so many machines so soon after un-boxing them? Is there any
way I can get these missing files back - as one person had just spent the
last week moving all her Mac files onto this machine, converting file
formats at the same time (no backup of NT stuff once this had been done of
course).
Many thanks
Richard Dugan
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