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Upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate, missing a user

Started by fortune82 , Aug 21 2009 06:05 PM

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fortune82

Posted 21 August 2009 - 06:05 PM

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I had 2 users on my XP installation; mine, and a "F@H" user for the Folding@Home client. After doing an upgrade install of Vista, I auto logon my F@H desktop, but my normal desktop is gone. I have all the files in the "Users" directory, so I know Vista at least knows it existed. Logging out brought me to "Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to continue" and I could only get to the F@H logon.

I tried making a new user account with the same name, but it informs me that the name is already in use.