Very quick question about Accounts

[Bouchehog]

My XP CD is perfect, except for one final element. When I install I get two admin accounts set up, so my documents and settings folder has:

All Users

Administrator

Administrator.ComputerName

This is irritating because although I can use %userprofile% to make sure that I'm accessing Administrator.ComputerName, it leaves me with a seperate account.

Furthermore, my favorites don't seem to want to work when I copy them to /All Users/ and I don't want to have to copy them to "%userprofile%\Favorites" using a batch command - it's just too inelegant. I'd prefer to have them in my $Docs folder and do it that way.

Anyone know why it's creating this account? If I delete the [userData] ComputerName=x line in my Winnt.sif will that stop it creating this second Admin account?

This thread suggests that it happens when I install over another account. This is after a format, but I do have a $OEM/$Docs/Administrator folder. Could this be it? Why don't favorites work from All Users?

[Bouchehog]

I've also just noticed that documents copied to $OEM/$Docs/All Users/Documents don't show up when I'm logged in as Administrator.Computername.

Thus my two solutions would be:

1. Put my Documents and Favorites in $OEM/$MoveMe and move them with a bat file command to %userprofile% and the relevant folders
   
2. Work out why it's creating this second folder, elimate the problem and keep the two in $OEM/$Docs/Administrator/Favorites and /Documents respectively
   

I'd sooner go for the latter as it's a more attractive solution and means I don't have this second ghosted account. The first solution I can do myself.

Oh and I should add that I'm not trying to create any new accounts at all, I'm happy just to keep logged in as the Administrator and leave it at that.

[Bouchehog]

Hopeful Bump?

[buletov]

why do you use administrator account as a default?

[Thauzar]

I don't know for sure, but on my cd it's $OEM$\blablabla... maybe it has something to do with that

[SiMoNsAyS]

this happens if installations finds a folder called Administrator so to preserve the files on that folder and not overwrite them, it simply uses a new name like Administrator.ComputerName, this can happen with a UserAccount.ComputerName and so on...

you can't use $OEM/$Docs/Administrator or $OEM/$Docs/UserName in your cd, a simple solution it's to extract the files to that folder or copy them from another location you know

[Bouchehog]

I feared that it might be that. Ah well, never mind. Thanks for the posts!