I have 2 computers networked via a router. The original computer had 3 users on it, so before setting up the new computer we copied many files of the users other than myself. But recently we found that one particular folder of documents hadn’t been backed up and that file was needed over at the other computer.
Now on a networked computer, you’d think you’d be able to share files fairly easily, but I’ve never quite worked that out and we don’t really need to. But now we did. I tried backing up this particular file to disc and inserting that into the other computer’s CD disk. No luck. We don’t have a USB flash drive. We could have burned the file and swapped it over, but all burning happens on the other computer and I didn’t really want that program on my computer (it’s pretty chockers now).
I couldn’t email the file either because I could not get to his documents, only mine. His email is no longer on this computer so he couldn’t so it either.
Then bleeding edge came to the rescue again. I was reading the column in our local newspaper and noted a utility called Karen’s Replicator which could swap almost anything to another section of the network.
So I downloaded it and could find his documents now and move them to my documents and then email the file in question.
Guess what! it ended up that the file was ‘write only’. Maybe that had caused many of the other problems! But I just made the file writable again and emailed it again. Sweet!
Hello Jenny,
When you wanted to access the users documents you used your own account, but was it an administrator account?
Anyway I’m glad that the problem is solved! Next time I’m in such situation I’ll give Karen’s Replicator a try!!
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I know there would have been an easier way to do what I had to do, but I don’t understand computers that well.
Yes I was the administrator and what I’d like to do is get rid of the 2 other users now. One has left home. Do you know how to do that?
Hmm..Strange.. Cause usually when you have the administrator right you can access all the documents.. even if they belong to some one else..
You can delete the user accounts by going to:
1. Go to Start
2. Control panel
3. Click on the User Accounts icons
4. Click on the account that you want to delete
5. Click on Delete the account.
6. Windows prompts you to decide if you want Windows to save some of the user’s files and settings. If you want Windows to keep the files, click Keep Files. Otherwise, select Delete Files
7. Windows prompts you to ensure you want to delete the account. Click Delete Account to permanently delete the account.
And that’s it!
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Thanks Bio Tech,
I didn’t realise I could delete them and keep their files.
Now I can use No Clone to delete duplicate files and it will be quicker to login now.
BTW we were all administrators.
No problem! Your welcome!
So I guess you’ve deleted those files?
Yes, it’s your decision to delete or keep the files!
No Clone?? Never heard of it! I’ll search and try it and maybe write an review about it!
You were all administrators? I don’t get this.. I thought that you could access the documents of each user!
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Yes No Clone is good. But I see it is getting harder to download the free version.
No I didn’t delete their files. I’ll have to ask my son what he wants to keep. I don’t understand half of what he downloaded.
He’s got his own computer and broadband now at his new place.
I see this was all I had to do to access my partner’s Documents.
But Karen’s replicator must be useful for something!
Hmm, so I should be fast and download it while it’s still free to download!
That shouldn’t be a problem I think!! 
Ok, you can delete their files later..
Off topic: Does your son lives nearby?
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I have a post here with a link to NoClone
http://www.ozwebhub.com/blog/2008/04/20/more-free-software-and-utilities-for-pcs/
Yes I can delete their files later. In fact my son is here now but he’s having enough trouble doing his teaching degree. He did Physics Honours and is now doing a one year course in education in order to teach Maths and Physics. He finds it difficult to make Maths interesting.
Most of the people he knew in Physics Hons are now doing jobs in Finance for heaps of money so he says he won’t teach for too long.
My son (and he is our only child) lives about a 40 min drive away. This is his second year away from home. He lives with his girlfriend too.
I have had to learn to live without him, but I miss him a lot.
You can always burn the documents on a cd/dvd and let your son sort those documents!
Aaa.. I see.. So he wants to be a teacher also!
Math IS difficult to make interesting!
It’s good to know to know that there are other opportunities which he can grab when he doesn’t want to teach any more.
40 minutes.. hmm.. That’s not that far… Do you see him often or is he very busy with his study?
I left my moms house for almost 3 years, and I guess every mom have to learn without her children!
I see that you’ve written a post about No Clone.. Going to read it now!
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