User Accounts

[Richard]

Using XP home, have three user accounts and cannot access the "User Account"
icon in the control panel.
When I click on it nothing happens. My account is an administrator. Tried
booting into safe mode, logging in
under the administrator, but still no good.
Thanks
Richard

--
I know you think you understand what you thought I said,
but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

[Wesley Vogel]

Do all the other items in the Control Panel work?

Any error messages? Or just nothing?

Try this...

Start | Run | Type: control userpasswords |

Click OK.

Does User Accounts open?

Try this...

Start | Run | Type: nusrmgr.cpl |

Click OK.

Does User Accounts open?
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Do a Search on your machine for mshta.exe
It should show up here >>
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
and
C:\WINDOWS\system32

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:exifx4%23%23EHA.2032@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Richard <richard1@ij.net.remove> hunted and pecked:
> Using XP home, have three user accounts and cannot access the "User
> Account" icon in the control panel.
> When I click on it nothing happens. My account is an administrator.
> Tried booting into safe mode, logging in
> under the administrator, but still no good.
> Thanks
> Richard
>
> --
> I know you think you understand what you thought I said,
> but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

[Richard]

The first two options didn't work. Upon searching my Windows folder I did
not find
mshta.exe. Other control panel icons do work.


"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OHOzcXA$EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Do all the other items in the Control Panel work?
>
> Any error messages? Or just nothing?
>
> Try this...
>
> Start | Run | Type: control userpasswords |
>
> Click OK.
>
> Does User Accounts open?
>
> Try this...
>
> Start | Run | Type: nusrmgr.cpl |
>
> Click OK.
>
> Does User Accounts open?
> -----
>
> Do a Search on your machine for mshta.exe
> It should show up here >>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
> and
> C:\WINDOWS\system32
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:exifx4%23%23EHA.2032@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
> Richard <richard1@ij.net.remove> hunted and pecked:
> > Using XP home, have three user accounts and cannot access the "User
> > Account" icon in the control panel.
> > When I click on it nothing happens. My account is an administrator.
> > Tried booting into safe mode, logging in
> > under the administrator, but still no good.
> > Thanks
> > Richard
> >
> > --
> > I know you think you understand what you thought I said,
> > but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

[Wesley Vogel]

Richard,

1. Click Start, click Search, click All files and folders, and then click
More advanced options.

2. Click to select the Search system folders and Search hidden files and
folders check boxes.

Search you entire machine for mshta.exe

Post back with the locations. I.e...

C:\WINDOWS\system32

C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache

Also do a Search for mshta.ex_

Post back with the location, if any.


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:ucryPRB$EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Richard <richard1@ij.net.remove> hunted and pecked:
> The first two options didn't work. Upon searching my Windows folder I
> did not find
> mshta.exe. Other control panel icons do work.
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OHOzcXA$EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Do all the other items in the Control Panel work?
>>
>> Any error messages? Or just nothing?
>>
>> Try this...
>>
>> Start | Run | Type: control userpasswords |
>>
>> Click OK.
>>
>> Does User Accounts open?
>>
>> Try this...
>>
>> Start | Run | Type: nusrmgr.cpl |
>>
>> Click OK.
>>
>> Does User Accounts open?
>> -----
>>
>> Do a Search on your machine for mshta.exe
>> It should show up here >>
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
>> and
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:exifx4%23%23EHA.2032@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>> Richard <richard1@ij.net.remove> hunted and pecked:
>>> Using XP home, have three user accounts and cannot access the "User
>>> Account" icon in the control panel.
>>> When I click on it nothing happens. My account is an administrator.
>>> Tried booting into safe mode, logging in
>>> under the administrator, but still no good.
>>> Thanks
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> --
>>> I know you think you understand what you thought I said,
>>> but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I
>>> meant!