How to check user profiles on a Windows XP-based computer

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INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to check user profiles that are stored on a Windows XP-based computer.

To locate the list of local user profiles, right-click My Computer, click Properties, and then click Settings on the Advanced tab under User Profile.

For additional information, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826939 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826939)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc751288.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc751288.aspx)

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

291555 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291555/ ) The "Copy To" button in the System Properties dialog box is unavailable

232970 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232970/ ) Description of Windows 2000 user account and profile migration

255113 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255113/ ) Windows 2000 roaming profiles may not synchronize with Windows NT 4.0 shares