I run XP Pro/SP2 at home. I have administrator rights.
There is no network and I access the Internet using cable.

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I can see the user profiles on my machine at:
System Properties > Advanced > User profiles

QUESTION ONE: How do I get a complete list of *all* the profiles
including the hidden ones?

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I have done a manual search through the registry while logged on as
"Bigboss" (S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1003) who has
administrator rights. The results are shown below.

QUESTION TWO: Who do these two keys (shown below) relate to?
S-1-5-18
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1007


Thank you.
Andy



------------ PROFILE KEYS FOUND IN MY REGISTRY --------------

(1) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...
Group Policy\
(2) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...
Group Policy\State\

S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1003
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1004
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1006
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1007
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-500


(3) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...
Installer\UserData\

S-1-5-18
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1003


(4) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\
Note: Entries below also show the value of \\ProfileImagePath


S-1-5-18
%systemroot%\system32\config\systemprofile

S-1-5-19
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\LocalService

S-1-5-20
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\NetworkService

S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1003
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Bigboss

S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1004
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Secretary

S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1006
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Littleboss

S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1007
????

S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-500
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator


(5) HKEY_USERS\

S-1-5-18
S-1-5-19
S-1-5-19_classes
S-1-5-20
S-1-5-20_Classes
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1003
S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1003_Classes


------------ END OF PROFILE KEYS FOUND IN MY REGISTRY ------------
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Probably the easiest way is to enumerate the folders under "documents and
settings"

Only proviso is that an account which has never logged-on locally won't have
a profile-folder. But in that case, it isn't a profile, only an account
anyway.

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An alternative approach to XP network logon - http://mylogon.net

Hii simply type "lusrmgr.msc" in the start menu > run box.
this wud open the local user manager u can see all users (active n disabled)
and groups here.

Hope this helps...,
Umesh Thota
www.windowsworkshop.com


"Andy" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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Or if u just want a list type this in ur command prompt.
" net localgroup " it will display all the users presently on ur system
active n disabled both.

profiles directories resides in ur "documents and settings folder".

Hope this helps...,
Umesh Thota
www.windowsworkshop.com


"Andy" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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