re: Tahnkyou to various people, and one final question Monday, March 28, 2005 at 10:42 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by borg (2664 messages posted) You're welcome. You - or your friends - need to do some research to find out if there are files from previous installations. Open a command prompt (start -> run -> cmd) and type "set" (without quotes). Look at these variables: ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Username First, when I say "delete" move to a new folder in c:, don't delete right now. Explore the root directory of c:, delete any variation of "Program Files" that is not the %ProgramFiles% environment variable. Do the same with %AllUsersProfile% and %UserProfile%, Windows have this habit to create names like "All Users.WINNT", "All Users.COMPUTERNAME" etc. Don't touch the Default User, LocalService or NetworkService or any variation of these names in the "Documents and Settings" folder, but tell us if they are more than one (note that these are hidden folders) e.g. "Default User.BLAHBLAHBLAH". Written in response to: Tahnkyou to various people, and one final question (Manuel: Monday, March 28, 2005 at 9:33 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Tahnkyou to various people, and one final question (Manuel: Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 9:33 am) re: Tahnkyou to various people, and one final question (borg: Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 10:42 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum