Seems that when a user logs on in 2k, a folder is created for that user in the Documents and Settings folder C:Documents and Settings). If a user with the same name (or Security Identification [SID]) as another user logs on, Windows creates folders for that user but adds an extension to distinguish between the two. For the extension, it will either use the domain name, or the local computer\'s name, depending on how things are configured. Then, if a 3rd person w/the same SID logs on, an additional extension is added to the folders of that user.
So, in my case, the original user SID is \"Dave Mazza.\" The 2nd one is \"Dave Mazza.DAW\", DAW being the name of the local machine. The third one is \"Dave Mazza.DAW.000.\" This is described in the following MS Support article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q228445The reason these additional SIDs got created is because I had to run Setup 3 times. The second time was to correct a booting problem no one could solve. The 3rd time was because I had forgotten to disable ACPI in the BIOS before installing Windows.
Even though Users and Passwords (in Control Panel) contains only 2 users, Administrator and Dave Mazza, I\'ve still got all these extra folders. Plus the computer boots to the x.DAW.000 desktop, which means the My Documents folder belongs to THAT user, instead of Dave Mazza. The only set of folders I wish to retain are the originals for Dave Mazza. But W2K won\'t allow me remove all the ones I don\'t want. I can remove the folders for \"Dave Mazza\", for \"Dave Mazza.DAW\", but when I try to remove the \".000\" one it tells me it\'s a system folder and cannot be removed (or renamed).
BTW, the machine is set to assume Dave Mazza is the only user, so it automatically logs him on, except, as I said, it\'s to the DAW.000 desktop.
Is that clear? Can this be fixed?
