D2Fanatic007

I got an answer on what happened and how to fix, if for some reason after running Dial-A-Fix, it messes it all the limited users and security setting. This is the exact email i received from DjLizard. This is his response to my email under it: I've had this issue happen before on customer machines that I repair, but it's been quite rare. I've had it happen only about 2 times in the last 12 months. It seems that if the SAM or SECURITY hives are corrupted, using the Repair Permissions tool (which writes to over 2000 registry keys) causes the hive(s) (still not sure which one of the two) to become corrupted even further. The fix is pretty easy, actually.... once you cause the problem, simply boot into XP's Recovery Console and copy the SAM and SECURITY hive from a backup copy (found in the System Volume Information folder) over your current SAM and SECURITY. Make sure you copy both; they need to match. Here is my article about recovering specific registry hives without performing a full System Restore: http://wiki.DjLizard.net/SVI Using the information on that article, you will be able to fix the user accounts just by copying those two files from the backups in the SVI folder. So basically, you already had a SECURITY hive issue (because CCleaner kept showing the same Issues) and you "repaired" it (which broke the corrupted hive further) by using Repair Permissions. Fortunately for me, it's not actually Dial-a-fix's fault; I got the method for repairing permissions directly from Microsoft. It is a Microsoft-sanctioned fix. If you have any issues with the SVI article listed above, feel free to drop me a line (sorry if it takes a few days to reply to emails). Cheers, DjLizard Luke K wrote: I used DAF to repair permissions so that CCleaner would remove entries that it kept reappearing even after i deleted them. After i repaired it removed 2 limited account (family members) and the Guest account from welcome screen and Files shared on computer in my computer. But if i try to create the accounts they exist. Someone suggested that i use TweakUI to look at logins to see if they were disabled, but they were not even listed. So i did a system restore to put back the folders and such and the then i guess it restored the permissions back to where CCleaner couldnt repair registry problems found again. Is there anything that you can suggest or tell me what happened? And is there a way to fix these permissions without losing the accounts again?

Alright i found a temp fix i tried and it seemed to work nicely. Instead of leaving the 2 limited accounts, i turned them into admin and then i repaired permissions with DAF and then i just turned guest back on and switched the 2 accounts back to limited and work fine

alright i tried that and they werent listed, so i did a system restore and they work fine, but now ccleaner finds those cc. issues and a mailto issue that i cant delete, even when i dont backup

this is what i got Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList] "HelpAssistant"=dword:00000000 "TsInternetUser"=dword:00000000 "SQLAgentCmdExec"=dword:00000000 "NetShowServices"=dword:00000000 "IWAM_"=dword:00010000 "IUSR_"=dword:00010000 "VUSR_"=dword:00010000 "ASPNET"=dword:00000000

I use Windows XP Home and i can system restore the pc but what do i do to make ccleaner remove the cc. issues and s**t it finds since repairing the permissions removes my accounts? ya i see the accounts in documents it just doesnt show them on Welcome Screen or in the My Computer/Files Stored on My Computer location like it did before i ran it and if i try to create the accounts it says they exist, but i cant log on to them because they arent listed on welcome screen

Alright, i used crap cleaner on my account (admin) and i see registry issues in ccleaner that keep reappearing even after delete. Then i saw that people said use Dial-A-Fix for repairing the permissions, so i did that and now i have a huge scary issue. It repaired the problem but it removed 3 limited accounts (2 family and Guest) from the welcome screen and shared documents in My Computer. So i tried to create the accounts again and i can't the only 1 i can is the guest which i think it turned off in the process of repairing. What do i do now, if i system restore its gonna give me back the permissions i had, but then ill get the accounts back Please help me, i dont know what the hell to do! Update: i restored the guest account in control panel/user accounts and the folder in the shared documents reappeared and when i go in it, it has all the same folders that i left in it, does that mean the accounts are hidden or did they get removed?