Update May 9th has nuked favorites and Outlook

AIYEE! The update nuked favorites and Outlook e-mail info, etc. (and who
knows what else). Is this possible? Could something else have happened?
(It's on a different computer than the one I'm on now...) This is NOT cool!

thanks

Sad Susie wrote:
> AIYEE! The update nuked favorites and Outlook e-mail info, etc.
> (and who knows what else). Is this possible? Could something else
> have happened? (It's on a different computer than the one I'm on
> now...) This is NOT cool!

C:\Documents and Settings\

Do you just see ONE instance of your username there?

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Sad Susie wrote:
> AIYEE! The update nuked favorites and Outlook e-mail info, etc.
> (and who knows what else). Is this possible? Could something
> else have happened? (It's on a different computer than the one
> I'm on now...) This is NOT cool!

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> C:\Documents and Settings\
>
> Do you just see ONE instance of your username there?

Rob wrote:
> I've got the same problem, and yes there are more usernames
> followed with a 001. They are systemfiles and i can't delete them.
> How can I restore the old name?

Not sure you can - usually that happens when something has gone bad with the
original profile and/or you join a new domain/workgroup.
You can probably go in and copy your favorites/my docs out pretty easily.
If not - you might need to 'take ownership'.

I am interested to find out if this actually is related to the May patches
or not - this is two reported cases in this thread alone.

You could try pointing the registry back to the original directory - but
it's not now because (likely) something was corrupt in that old profile
directory/registry... So it probably would not work and you don't want to
just copy 'everything' from there to a new profile.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Interestingly, when the computer was turned on this morning, all was back to
normal. v-e-r-y odd indeed!

Susie


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Sad Susie wrote:
> > AIYEE! The update nuked favorites and Outlook e-mail info, etc.
> > (and who knows what else). Is this possible? Could something
> > else have happened? (It's on a different computer than the one
> > I'm on now...) This is NOT cool!
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > C:\Documents and Settings\
> >
> > Do you just see ONE instance of your username there?
>
> Rob wrote:
> > I've got the same problem, and yes there are more usernames
> > followed with a 001. They are systemfiles and i can't delete them.
> > How can I restore the old name?
>
> Not sure you can - usually that happens when something has gone bad with the
> original profile and/or you join a new domain/workgroup.
> You can probably go in and copy your favorites/my docs out pretty easily.
> If not - you might need to 'take ownership'.
>
> I am interested to find out if this actually is related to the May patches
> or not - this is two reported cases in this thread alone.
>
> You could try pointing the registry back to the original directory - but
> it's not now because (likely) something was corrupt in that old profile
> directory/registry... So it probably would not work and you don't want to
> just copy 'everything' from there to a new profile.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Do you use MS Money? If so, try downloading a file from a bank and see if you
can access it. I had to uninstall both major patches to get it to work again.

"Sad Susie" wrote:

> AIYEE! The update nuked favorites and Outlook e-mail info, etc. (and who
> knows what else). Is this possible? Could something else have happened?
> (It's on a different computer than the one I'm on now...) This is NOT cool!
>
> thanks

Nope - we don't use that. Sound like MS might need a patch for the patch, huh?



"timbrom" wrote:

> Do you use MS Money? If so, try downloading a file from a bank and see if you
> can access it. I had to uninstall both major patches to get it to work again.
>
> "Sad Susie" wrote:
>
> > AIYEE! The update nuked favorites and Outlook e-mail info, etc. (and who
> > knows what else). Is this possible? Could something else have happened?
> > (It's on a different computer than the one I'm on now...) This is NOT cool!
> >
> > thanks

Looks like it. The thing broke several utilities, including IE7, which is
pretty good going, even for Microsoft. I've uninstalled everything I
installed this afternoon and everything is back the way it was. Unsecure, but
working.

"Sad Susie" wrote:

> Nope - we don't use that. Sound like MS might need a patch for the patch, huh?
>
>
>
> "timbrom" wrote:
>
> > Do you use MS Money? If so, try downloading a file from a bank and see if you
> > can access it. I had to uninstall both major patches to get it to work again.
> >
> > "Sad Susie" wrote:
> >
> > > AIYEE! The update nuked favorites and Outlook e-mail info, etc. (and who
> > > knows what else). Is this possible? Could something else have happened?
> > > (It's on a different computer than the one I'm on now...) This is NOT cool!
> > >
> > > thanks