I have Vista on Dell Inspiron laptop. When I go to Control Panel and attempt to create a new account by clicking on Add or Remove account, nothing happens. The link does not open. I am the administrator on this computer.
Solved Can't create new user account
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solonfox
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Re: Ca't create new user account
When you click on the "Add or remove user accounts" link, UAC should prompt you for permission to continue. That would be the first thing that you would see.
Is the permission dialog box hiding behind something? It doesn't show up on your taskbar, but your screen should dim and it should be on top, unless you've somehow managed to bring something else around.
Is UAC on or off? Control Panel->Security click on Security Center look to the bottom for "Other security settings," click on the down arrow to show the status of UAC.
Has Windows been activated? Winkey+Pause look to the bottom of the System panel to see the Windows activation status.
-solon fox
When you click on the "Add or remove user accounts" link, UAC should prompt you for permission to continue. That would be the first thing that you would see.
Is the permission dialog box hiding behind something? It doesn't show up on your taskbar, but your screen should dim and it should be on top, unless you've somehow managed to bring something else around.
Is UAC on or off? Control Panel->Security click on Security Center look to the bottom for "Other security settings," click on the down arrow to show the status of UAC.
Has Windows been activated? Winkey+Pause look to the bottom of the System panel to see the Windows activation status.
-solon fox
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Re: Ca't create new user account
Hi effiya and welcome to the Vista forums
You eventually can create a new user account this way:
Click start, in the search bar type in: netplwiz then press enter, the advance accounts control panel should open (i hope)
Anyway, you maybe should verify the integrity of your system files:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html
Hope it helps.
Hi effiya and welcome to the Vista forums
You eventually can create a new user account this way:
Click start, in the search bar type in: netplwiz then press enter, the advance accounts control panel should open (i hope)
Anyway, you maybe should verify the integrity of your system files:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html
Hope it helps.
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Re: Ca't create new user account
Thanks Sid. This worked like a charm! Cheers! Effiya
Hi effiya and welcome to the Vista forums
You eventually can create a new user account this way:
Click start, in the search bar type in: netplwiz then press enter, the advance accounts control panel should open (i hope)
Anyway, you maybe should verify the integrity of your system files:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html
Hope it helps.
Thanks Sid. This worked like a charm! Cheers! Effiya
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crazym
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I am having the same issue except that when I open the user window I can get to it and type in a new user but when I click to create it never creates the user. I was able to create the user using the netplwiz though thanks. This is only the tip of the iceberg of my profile problems. I cannot give myself permissions to see files and folders in the security tab. i get access denied for most of the files. Also somthing happened to my main profile causing any web page that uses Ajax or Flash to not work or error out. My secondary profile that was created earlier this year works fine and I migrated the main profile user files over so I have not lost much in the way of configuration, email or files. Can anybody shed some light on this issue. Since i could do little in the USer Accounts menu i could not delete or add users to blow this profile away. That is Microsofts answer to me.
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crazym
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crazym
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- AMD X2 Dual Core 4600 2.4 Ghz
- Motherboard
- ECS NFORCE 4M-AV 3.0
- Memory
- 4 GB Ultra
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon X1050
- Hard Drives
- SATA Seagate 250 C: SATA Seagate 250 D:
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- Dell XPS 420
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- Dual Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.0 GHz
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- ACPI x86
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- 4GB
- Graphics card(s)
- nVidia GeForce 8800 GT
- Sound Card
- IDT High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SyncMaster 2493HM Digital 24" Widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- Dual Western Digital 500GB Disk Drives
- Mouse
- Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse
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- Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
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- 6k KB/s DL, 700 KB/s UP
crazym
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I have already created a new profile using the netplwiz. But thank you anyway.
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System One
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- CPU
- AMD X2 Dual Core 4600 2.4 Ghz
- Motherboard
- ECS NFORCE 4M-AV 3.0
- Memory
- 4 GB Ultra
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon X1050
- Hard Drives
- SATA Seagate 250 C: SATA Seagate 250 D:
Sorry about that crazym - I did read your entire post, though, and I have a question. The new user that you created - is it a user in the administrators group?
I assume that you are now using the new profile exclusively, but that doesn't mean that there aren't hidden things in the Registry that are preventing all sorts access from both the old account and the new account. So, another question I have is have you performed any tweaking on your computer, especially when you were still using the old user account, such as taking ownership of files / folders / registry hives?
I assume that you are now using the new profile exclusively, but that doesn't mean that there aren't hidden things in the Registry that are preventing all sorts access from both the old account and the new account. So, another question I have is have you performed any tweaking on your computer, especially when you were still using the old user account, such as taking ownership of files / folders / registry hives?
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- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
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- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
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- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
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- Lenovo 15" Matte
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- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
crazym
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No I have not taken ownership of anything that I am aware of. And I am switching back and forth between the new account and the old account so I can migrate old information such a s email addresses and program configurations. It is a slow process. I copied my entire visible file structure under the old user and the app data hidden folder but some of the program info did not migrate. The problems I am experiencing seem to be related to an MS update that happened around November or December of last year.
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System One
-
- CPU
- AMD X2 Dual Core 4600 2.4 Ghz
- Motherboard
- ECS NFORCE 4M-AV 3.0
- Memory
- 4 GB Ultra
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon X1050
- Hard Drives
- SATA Seagate 250 C: SATA Seagate 250 D:
OK, so the issue you're having is that the main profile got corrupted, the secondary works OK, but now that you are using he secondary, you have create a third (tertiary) profile and cannot kill (remove) the main (original) profile, right?
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System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
crazym
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That is correct.
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- AMD X2 Dual Core 4600 2.4 Ghz
- Motherboard
- ECS NFORCE 4M-AV 3.0
- Memory
- 4 GB Ultra
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon X1050
- Hard Drives
- SATA Seagate 250 C: SATA Seagate 250 D:
I'm having the same issue, but I can't create a new user using "netplwiz" or
"Hit Start -> Run (Windows + R) -> cmd
From here type:
net user USERNAME /add"
I only have the one user and it is the admin account, I don't know what to do from here.
"Hit Start -> Run (Windows + R) -> cmd
From here type:
net user USERNAME /add"
I only have the one user and it is the admin account, I don't know what to do from here.
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I am having the same problem. When i try to create an account using "net user evan /add" it returns "The Command Completed Successfully" but the directory C:\Users\evan is not created and there is no entry added to the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
The new account does appear on the logon screen but when I try to log on it returns the error message "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User Profile cannot be loaded."
Thanks for the help so far. sfc found and fixed a few courrupted system files.
The new account does appear on the logon screen but when I try to log on it returns the error message "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User Profile cannot be loaded."
Thanks for the help so far. sfc found and fixed a few courrupted system files.
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hey, never mind, I figured it out. The directory C:\Users\Default was missing important files (NTuser.dat, ntuser.dat.log1, etc.).