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A friend of mine deleted her ex-husbands user sign in profile name on their computer and would like to know if there is a way to recover it. Hopefully I am explaining myself clearly. When booting up the computer all user names (Icons) appear and you choose which one to use. There are some illegal photos that her ex had downloaded and she is unable to find them and believes that if she can recover his profile then she will be able to find them and turn the computer over to the right authorities.
When she goes to the search area all the other users on the computer appear with files etc but not her ex. His name does not appear any where on the computer as if he never used it and he used the computer more then any one else. If there is no way of recovering it can she bring the computer in to a professional who can locate the photos that her ex had on the computer?
Thanks any help is appreciated.

hms_matteo

Hello,

Does your friend have system restore enabled? If they are using Windows XP they can check this by right clicking on 'My Computer' -> Properties and checking the 'System restore' tab. If the box is not checked to 'Turn off System Restore on all drives' you may be able to follow this article to restore from a day prior to the deletion of the user profile (depending on when it was deleted):

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

Matt Pellegrino
Support Engineer
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