User cannot change desktop etc

A User on my computer cannot change any settings, eg sounds, desktop
wallpaper. A while ago he was administrator, but got changed back to limited
account. I deleted his account and re-instated it but it is still the same.
I am thinking there is something in registry blocking him. Any ideas?

Do you mean by re-instated that you created a new account? If you created a
new account, did you give administrator or limited privileges? If you gave
administrator but it somehow switched to limited, then delete the account
and create another using a variation of the user name. For example, if the
original account was: Ron, make the new account: RonB

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>A User on my computer cannot change any settings, eg sounds, desktop
> wallpaper. A while ago he was administrator, but got changed back to
> limited
> account. I deleted his account and re-instated it but it is still the
> same.
> I am thinking there is something in registry blocking him. Any ideas?

Thankyou for that advice, but I already tried that and while all files are on
desktop, still cannot change wallpaper, sounds, ANYTHING.
Could this somehow be related to SP3 problem which appeared in another
post?> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP 1997 - 2008
>
>
> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news917E243-3BCB-4705-A71F-CAB7B3AAAFFC@microsoft.com...
> >A User on my computer cannot change any settings, eg sounds, desktop
> > wallpaper. A while ago he was administrator, but got changed back to
> > limited
> > account. I deleted his account and re-instated it but it is still the
> > same.
> > I am thinking there is something in registry blocking him. Any ideas?
>
>
>

OK I HAVE SOLVED IT. Copied folder under this logon and changed name (ie
Alex to Alex1). Deleted user. Created user again, then put all folders one
by one (included hidden) back into the new user folder. Found a file
'ntuser' that mucked it all up again, so deleted this and used original that
was created when new user was created.
Hope this helps others.