User Account

> So, you create the account... then you login to that account... and as
> soon as the desktop appears, the logoff message is there?
>
> What version of Windows Vista are you running? I believe I saw this as a
> bug in RC2 but has since been ironed out.
>
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> Zack Whittaker
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>
> "Allan J. Behr" <al@thebehrs.net> wrote in message
> news:07DCAEBB-2918-4F22-9B17-8849B68A32C2@microsoft.com...

>>I am the administrator on the machine. I can log on without a problem. I
>>can set up a new user account for a second users...but when we try to open
>>the second users account it goes immediatly to the "log off" message.
>>What am I doing wrong...how can I correct?

>
>

> Sorry that I am so lae in getting back to you. Yes...that is my
> problem...the desktop does not ever really open before I get the log off
> message. I am using the released business bersion...down loaded under an
> open liciencing agreement.
>
>
> "Zack Whittaker" <zackwhittaker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OvKHd6lOHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> So, you create the account... then you login to that account... and as
>> soon as the desktop appears, the logoff message is there?
>>
>> What version of Windows Vista are you running? I believe I saw this as a
>> bug in RC2 but has since been ironed out.
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » Vista Knowledge Base - www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed
>> are by me and nobody else unless stated so, and especially not of those
>> of my employer, friends,
>> Fidel Castro, the Pope, my duck Gwyneth or the giant badger that haunts
>> me in my nightmares.
>>
>>
>> "Allan J. Behr" <al@thebehrs.net> wrote in message
>> news:07DCAEBB-2918-4F22-9B17-8849B68A32C2@microsoft.com...

>>>I am the administrator on the machine. I can log on without a problem.
>>>I can set up a new user account for a second users...but when we try to
>>>open the second users account it goes immediatly to the "log off"
>>>message. What am I doing wrong...how can I correct?

>>
>>

>

> my account has locked under my name. I need to remove the lock from my
> account, because I want add the side bar for gadgets and I can not until I
> get the lock removed from my account.

> What do you mean by locked? Password forgotten? Lack of privileges whilst
> using your account?
>
> "Diana" <Diana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB888FBA-A7F8-40B4-9E6B-A0E12E7BB568@microsoft.com...

> > my account has locked under my name. I need to remove the lock from my
> > account, because I want add the side bar for gadgets and I can not until I
> > get the lock removed from my account.

>
>

>
> No I don't use a password. When I am ready to use the computer and I
> click
> on my account , under my name "Diana" the word "Locked" is always there.
> How
> do I get locked off of my account? I can't get the sidebar gadgets to
> work.
> The other accounts on the computer do not have the word "Locked" under
> their
> names and therefore can use the gadgets on their desktops. Thanks!
> "Mac" wrote:
>

>> What do you mean by locked? Password forgotten? Lack of privileges whilst
>> using your account?
>>
>> "Diana" <Diana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BB888FBA-A7F8-40B4-9E6B-A0E12E7BB568@microsoft.com...

>> > my account has locked under my name. I need to remove the lock from my
>> > account, because I want add the side bar for gadgets and I can not
>> > until I
>> > get the lock removed from my account.

>>
>>

> my account has locked under my name. I need to remove the lock from my
> account, because I want add the side bar for gadgets and I can not until I
> get the lock removed from my account.