Re: playtime for spare PC's -Jeff Gaines.

In message <EW4dg.75138$wl.19792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pmj <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
"Bryan Jones" <bryan.jones5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F3RjNbFsZEdEFwh8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Incidentally going to Start>Run...net user (OK) returned a
'Windows cannot find etc..'

Sorry - I may not have made it perfectly clear what that
"Start>Run..." Line means...

The "windoze cannot find "..." Error tells us that what you Typed
in wasn't quite right - what did it actually say in the "Quotes"
about what it couldn't Find?
That will tell us where you went wrong.

Can you try it again?

Yes, first of all the best I got was a black window which flashed
up on the screen and then disappeared,

Great!
That is actually showing that it's working how it should!...
:-)

The Black Window is the "Command Prompt Window" & that wouldn't have
Opened up, (& you would have got that "Not found" Error) if you hadn't
got the Command right.

The fact that it just closed straight away, before you could read
(or Copy & Paste from) it, was just cos my *original* Instructions/
suggestion as to what Command to Type in omitted the "cmd /k" bit

... irrespective or whether I type in netuser, all one word,
or net user, with space.

Well...
If you type (or Copy & Paste) into the Start>Run Box just the single
word "netuser" (that's with no Space), then it *shouldn't* Open up the
black Command Window!
It *should* just say (in a windoze Dialog/Message Box) that
"Cannot find ..." Error.

But typing net user (that's the single word (Command) "net", followed
by a *2nd* Word (the CommandLine Parameter) of "user", then it should
just Open up the Window, Run the Command, display the Output in the
Window & Close the window straight away (ass it did)

However, see below.

Yep!
:-)

It was the lack of the "cmd /k" bit that was the prob.

Sorry.

<snip>
Doh!
Hang on a mo!
Sorry!...
The Window Opens up (if you get that Command right) & Flashes up
the Info, then it *closes* straight away!

So, what you *actually* need to Enter into the "Start>Run" Box is
*this* Line...

cmd /k net user

That will give the *Definitive* Answer as to what user Accounts
there are on the Machine.
<snip>

It certainly seems to, which is.- User accounts for \\BRYAN
C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe Administrator - Bryan Jones.
C:|Documents and Settings\Bryan Jones.

So, I now know definitely that my account name is - Bryan,
not Bryan Jones.

Nope.
(but see below)...

That's progress!

Yes!
It *is* progress!
:-)

However, as Ali has pointed out, what that *actually* shows us is
that the *Machine* Name is "BRYAN" !

& that there is a *User* Name of "Bryan Jones"
(& also, though it's difficult to tell from what you have Typed in)
there is (as is to be expected) *also* an Account called
"Administrator")

Can you Copy & Paste the output *directly* from the Command?

That's (all) the Lines between the "C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" bits

You can use RightClick>Mark on the Window itself (or RightClick on
the TitleBar of the Window & choose Edit>Mark), then Drag over the
Lines & Press [Enter" to put them onto the Clipboard, then Paste them
into a Reply

I ask that, so we can see the *actual* Output of the Command - how
it's shown in your Post is a bit ambiguous.

I would expect there to be (at least) 2 User Accounts (on a WinXP
Home Machine - one called "Administrator" & one called whatever you
used when you First Installed it. (which was prolly your (Full) Name)
& *both* of those Accounts would (in most normal, domestic Installations
of WinXP Home) actually have "Administrative Rights".
& there are sometimes other (System-generated) Accounts as well.

Another way, which would save doing the "Copying & Pasting" from
the Command Prompt Window) would be to "Pipe" (ReDirect) the Output
of the Command to a (Text) File & then Open that up (in something like
Notepad) & then Copy & Paste it into a Post.

But then, that would mean you'd have to find the File!
:-)

Try this...

Open up a Command Prompt Window (rather than trying to do it all from
the Start>Run Box)
& Enter this Command Line...

net user > "users.txt" [OK]

Include the Quotes round the FileName in that Command Line, otherwise
you'll get an Error saying "Can't find UserName"!

That's cos the Net User Command can *also* take a UserName as
a parameter & what we want is for the "users.txt" bit to be taken
as a *File* Name & not a User Name (if you see what I mean)

It should just flash Open & then close again, but there should then
be a File called "users.txt" in the Folder (Directory) where the
Command was Run (which looks like, from what you have Posted) was:

C:\windows\system32\

Or, try this (again at a Command Prompt Window)...

net user > "%userprofile%\users.txt" [OK]

That should put the File called "users.txt" into the (top Level of)
your User Profile Folder.

You can then Find it by doing a Search for it - or simply by just
Entering

%userprofile%

Into the Start>Run Box

Hey!
If you're going to do that, then you may as well just Enter (into the
Start>Run Box, after you've Run the Command at the Command Prompt)...

%userprofile%\users.txt

& that will then just Open up the File called "users.txt" (in
Notepad) straight away.
:-)

So you can Copy & Paste it from there (if you haven't got the hang
of Copying & Pasting directly from the Command Prompt Window)

So, now I go back to the PC with Win'98 and open 'Users Accounts'
in Control Panel and type in my name?

Yep.
But I reckon the UserName that you need to Type in is actually
"Bryan Jones" & not just "Bryan"

What does it say in the List on the TaskManager>Users Tab?

Or in the User Profiles thing in the System Properties (on the
"Advanced" Tab)?

Below is pasted from the net user command, hope it helps.


User accounts for \\BRYAN

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
Administrator Bryan Jones Guest
Help Assistant SUPPORT_388945a0
The command completed successfully.


C:\Documents and Settings\Bryan Jones>


But, going on a bit, as I tend to!

If there is only the option to create a password, in WindXP, 'Account users', Do I really need one at all. I am the only user of my computers so am not bothered about that aspect of security.
Next, in Win'98, when I used the 'account users' start-up to create multiple users, I input 'Bryan', which now seems to be incorrect and should probably be 'Bryan Jones', but no doubt you will confirm this from the information above.
Again, can I omit the password?
Going on to the next screen I was asked to select 'items to personalise' of which there were several, i.e., desktop folder and documents menu, start menu, favourite folder, downloaded web pages and my documents. Do I have to check all of these?
The other option was to check 'create copies or 'create new items to save disk space' I was at a loss as to what this meant so I closed it down.

Apologies if I am being too obtuse.
--
Best Wishes
Bryan T U R N P I K E


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