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10-10-2007
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| | Cant find my standard user account files when logged in as Admin?? Ok, so i have Vista Ultimate, and per "best practices" i created a Standard user account, and use that for all my computer work. Well, i wanted to use the Backup option and backup some files on an external hard-drive, and when i click on that backup wizard, it tells me i need to log in with my ADMIN account to do it. Apparently you cannot backup when logged into a standard account. Ok, so i do that. But when im logged in with ADMIN user account, i cannot seem to access the folders i have available to me on my user account! I would think the ADMIN can access any and all folders. When i click on photo gallery or Pictures folder, my pictures aren't in there. BAck in my standard user account, there are thousands of pictures...but i cannot access them, or my other documents when logged in as the Admin. So anyhow...i cant back up from my standard account, and when logged in as admin, there is nothing for me to back up! Why cant i access my Documents, and Pictures folder when logged in as Admin?? Please help!! Thanks Darren |
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10-10-2007
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| | Re: Cant find my standard user account files when logged in as Admin?? When you run the backup as admin, browse to the C:\Users directory and select your "best practices standard account" username, or any folders within that you deem backup worthy. Since you are logged in with the ADMIN account, and thus have a different USER PROFILE than your Standard user account, simply clicking My Pictures won't display the Standard User's pictures, it will display the ADMIN's pictures. "DarFromVa" <DarFromVa@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3D24A1EF-C5AD-4290-BA6C-B1483D30E270@xxxxxx Quote: > Ok, so i have Vista Ultimate, and per "best practices" i created a > Standard > user account, and use that for all my computer work. Well, i wanted to use > the Backup option and backup some files on an external hard-drive, and > when i > click on that backup wizard, it tells me i need to log in with my ADMIN > account to do it. Apparently you cannot backup when logged into a standard > account. Ok, so i do that. But when im logged in with ADMIN user account, > i > cannot seem to access the folders i have available to me on my user > account! > I would think the ADMIN can access any and all folders. When i click on > photo > gallery or Pictures folder, my pictures aren't in there. BAck in my > standard > user account, there are thousands of pictures...but i cannot access them, > or > my other documents when logged in as the Admin. So anyhow...i cant back up > from my standard account, and when logged in as admin, there is nothing > for > me to back up! Why cant i access my Documents, and Pictures folder when > logged in as Admin?? Please help!! > > Thanks > Darren |
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10-11-2007
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| | Re: Cant find my standard user account files when logged in as Adm Thanks. In addition, i figured out on my own that i had to go to the folders in question while logged in on my user account, and "share" those folders with the Admin. Funny thing is that when i ran Vista backup, it didnt even give me the option to pick what folders i wanted to backup. It just said "photos", videos, documents etc. Not much room for fine tuning, so I honestly dont even know if those shared folders got backed up. I assume they did. Thanks for the reply "joedreadlock" wrote: Quote: > When you run the backup as admin, browse to the C:\Users directory and > select your "best practices standard account" username, or any folders > within that you deem backup worthy. > > Since you are logged in with the ADMIN account, and thus have a different > USER PROFILE than your Standard user account, simply clicking My Pictures > won't display the Standard User's pictures, it will display the ADMIN's > pictures. > > "DarFromVa" <DarFromVa@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:3D24A1EF-C5AD-4290-BA6C-B1483D30E270@xxxxxx Quote: > > Ok, so i have Vista Ultimate, and per "best practices" i created a > > Standard > > user account, and use that for all my computer work. Well, i wanted to use > > the Backup option and backup some files on an external hard-drive, and > > when i > > click on that backup wizard, it tells me i need to log in with my ADMIN > > account to do it. Apparently you cannot backup when logged into a standard > > account. Ok, so i do that. But when im logged in with ADMIN user account, > > i > > cannot seem to access the folders i have available to me on my user > > account! > > I would think the ADMIN can access any and all folders. When i click on > > photo > > gallery or Pictures folder, my pictures aren't in there. BAck in my > > standard > > user account, there are thousands of pictures...but i cannot access them, > > or > > my other documents when logged in as the Admin. So anyhow...i cant back up > > from my standard account, and when logged in as admin, there is nothing > > for > > me to back up! Why cant i access my Documents, and Pictures folder when > > logged in as Admin?? Please help!! > > > > Thanks > > Darren > |
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