SID

[KMSCRATTCH]

After a crash of win xp pro I did a repair install now I can't access any files or
programs and all icons have been changed to windows generic.There are four SID's in the registry including my old SID where everything worked. How can I re-activate my old SID?

 

[compuveg]

There is a utility available that can replace the SID on your machine. I would most likely try running that. I think it was called NewSID, and it was from the Sysinternals folks Microsoft bought.

 

[itsp1965]

Don't see how changing the SID will help you here. Are you logging on using an administrator account? are the files encrypted? Try creating a new admin account as it could be possible the existing profiles are corrupted. If you still can't access your files, you can boot with a Linux recovery CD then you can backup your files, re-image your machine then restore

 

[compuveg]

if I'd realized the post was over 20 days old I wouldn't have replied. However, SIDs are really what permissions are tied to. the NewSID program I was hoping would set all those registry and file SIDs to the same thing.

He probably just reinstalled everything, which is really a better solution anyway.