In news:%23Wr4VIw5FHA.964@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Uncle John <unclejohn@uselesnospam.com> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> Hi Galen
>
> I have been able to fix most of the problems with "The Administrator"
> account. However when I attempt to access a website like Windows
> Update the IE 6 browser blinks on the site and does not log on.
> However "The Administrator" can log on OK with Firefox.
>
> You are right that "The Administrator" cannot be deleted from with in
> Windows. I was wondering if I could use follow the process for
> repairing a corrupted user profile and I tried it out on my backup
> disk* copying from the default user to "The Administrator" The copy
> stopped because some file was not allowed to be copied.
>
> So I can logon to "The Administrator" but no access the internet with
> IE 6 and will have to leave it like that.
>
> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OvAk57T5FHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> In news:usNLp3S5FHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>> Uncle John <unclejohn@uselesnospam.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> If I switch to Admininistrator from Default User and open explorer I
>>> get a pop-up dialog
>>> Validation failed for
>>>
>>> VSINIT.DLL ...(several files)
>>> You are probably missing the necessary root certificates
>>>
>>> Windows would not let me run SFC /scannow from Administrator but I
>>> switched back into default user and ran it. However the problem is
>>> not fixed.
>>> Searching the System disk reveals that VSINIT.DLL exists as on
>>> version in windows\System32 and a newer version In the ZoneAlarm
>>> Folder.
>>> Any thing else I can do? I do not want to undertake a heroic repair
>>> install as the system runs perfectly in normal user mode.
>>>
>>> Uncle John
>>
>> Well, I don't know how to fix your problem, I did search and came up
>> with this:
>>
>> http://forum.zonelabs.com/zonelabs/b...ssage.id=11043
>>
>> If worse comes to worse you can always make a spare admin account to
>> keep handy via the normal methods. For the most part you'd follow the
>> directions for a corrupted user profile. You just probably will have
>> issues if you try to delete the existing admin account. I can't say
>> that I've ever tried to delete one but it just seems logical that
>> it'd be tough to delete. I'd like to think you can't delete it
>> easily at any rate. Corrupted Profile: Windows XP :
>> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...ptprofile.html
>>
>> --
>> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
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I'd make a brand new account, name it something fancy like "RealAdmin" or
something, give it admin rights, log on to it once, copy any shortcuts to it
that you think you might need, and then try to update. There's the repair
install option that we might need/want to look into as well, that will
enable you to keep your applications and the likes and you'd need only do
the updates again. I'd definately try the first option before trying the
repair installation...
Repair Installation of XP :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html
--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
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