Drew Wutka
dbatech at wolfwares.com
Tue Oct 21 23:16:19 CDT 2003
Yes, in Windows 2000 it's in Documents And Settings. Each user has a 'profile'. Of course, you can having 'roaming' profiles, where the profile is stored on the network. The profile is a little more then just the folders in there, it also has it's own registry. There is a Current User registry key, that contains all of the registry settings specific for that user. Drew -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 10:33 PM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Lost messages and settings The Start menu is like a directory list of shortcuts in that folder isn't it? I don't tihink it's a registry thing. Can't explain the e-mail situation though. Do you maybe have another mail file lurking someplace? Were you signed on as a different user at any time? Doesn't it store a lot of those settings on a per user basis? Mail too. I'd do a file search for any files modified or created since last week and see if something is hiding in another folder someplace - be sure to search hidden folders too. Gary Kjos garykjos at hotmail.com >From: "Steven W. Erbach" <serbach at new.rr.com> >Reply-To: Discussion of Hardware and Software >issues<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> >To: <dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: [dba-Tech] Lost messages and settings >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:55:25 -0500 > >Dear Group, > >I've lost about 3 1/2 days of e-mail and a number of settings have been >reverted back to what they were last Friday on my Win 2000 Pro workstation. >For example, there's a gap in the messages I've received from the OT forum. >The messages end at 7:55 pm Friday and start up at 12:39 pm today. I'm >missing all the messages between those two dates. > >I changed my signature yesterday to a quote from Jerry Pournelle. But now >the default signature is back to what it was last week...and the new >signature isn't included on the list of signatures any more under Options >in >Outlook Express. It's just gone. > >I installed Office XP Developer either Thursday or Friday last week >including the voice-activated features. So when I opened Word, Outlook >Express, or IE the MS voice activated toolbar thingie would pop up on >screen. That's gone, too. > >Some of my ZoneAlarm settings seem to have been forgotten. > >My suspicion is this: before I installed the Office XP Developer suite late >last week I made a backup of the registry. It looks to me as if something >has re-activated that backup registry. > >But why would I be missing all of those e-mail messages? It isn't just OT >messages, it's everything in that 3 1/2 day period. And if the registry was >somehow restored to what it was, then why do I still see the XP >applications >on the Start | Programs menu? > >Any idea of what might have happened to me? > >Regards... > `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·-> Steve Erbach > Scientific Marketing > Neenah, WI > 920-969-0504 > > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com