Vista - Re: Cannot Manage Accounts

03-13-2008

I honestly don't know what I'm looking at in the log. What exactly am I
looking for?

"Jeff Smith [MSFT]" <JeffSmithMSFT@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news:794AF7D5-BCD6-48AF-9ECD-A8DA52832156@xxxxxx

Quote:

> It sounds like you are experiencing several strange errors. You may be
> able
> to get more information if you look in the Windows Event Log. Open the
> Start
> menu, type in "Event viewer", and press Enter. See if there are any error
> messages logged at about the time that you tried to change the user
> account
> settings.
>
>
>
> "SAP" wrote:
>

Quote:

>> Hi - I added a new user profile for my son last week. Yesterday, when I
>> tried going back and making his ID an administrator, I could no longer
>> see
>> the ID in the manage accounts box. I can only see the ID in parental
>> controls. Also, I cannot create a new ID and when I try to enable User
>> Account Control (UAC), it doesn't remain on. I tried to do a system
>> restore
>> to a point created last week but that didn't work. Has anyone
>> encountered
>> this issue? Could this be a Vista bug? I have Vista Home Premium.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shelly
>>

03-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
SAP n/a posts	Re: Cannot Manage Accounts I honestly don't know what I'm looking at in the log. What exactly am I looking for? "Jeff Smith [MSFT]" <JeffSmithMSFT@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:794AF7D5-BCD6-48AF-9ECD-A8DA52832156@xxxxxx Quote: > It sounds like you are experiencing several strange errors. You may be > able > to get more information if you look in the Windows Event Log. Open the > Start > menu, type in "Event viewer", and press Enter. See if there are any error > messages logged at about the time that you tried to change the user > account > settings. > > > > "SAP" wrote: > Quote: >> Hi - I added a new user profile for my son last week. Yesterday, when I >> tried going back and making his ID an administrator, I could no longer >> see >> the ID in the manage accounts box. I can only see the ID in parental >> controls. Also, I cannot create a new ID and when I try to enable User >> Account Control (UAC), it doesn't remain on. I tried to do a system >> restore >> to a point created last week but that didn't work. Has anyone >> encountered >> this issue? Could this be a Vista bug? I have Vista Home Premium. >> >> Thanks, >> Shelly >>
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