how do I import my old user settings in the new user account setup when I reinstalled windows?

I had a strange problem causing my computer to fall into a boot loop and
the only way to get out was to reinstall windows xp. I installed xp sp3
but it turned out to do a completely new install. My old settings etc
are still there, how do I import them into the new user account?

Thanks in advance.

How to Copy a User Profile:

Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under Profiles
stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then
click Copy To.

In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for the
new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from the
Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add Name.
Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer.

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to
copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to
Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.

Note 2: You cannot copy the account you are currently logged in on. You
must log into another account.

Note 3: If you create a new account, you must logon once before you copy
another account over top of it. Windows creates the user profile at logon,
not at account creation, and it will not use the copy you created before
that first logon, it will create a user.COMPUTERNAME folder instead.

Note 4: To resolve this issue, verify that the user account is not logged
on before you try to copy its profile. If you are currently logged on as
this user, log off, log on again by using a different user account, and then
copy the profile. If
you are not logged on as the user account that you are trying to copy, that
account may be logged on in a different session (using Fast User Switching).

To force that account to be logged off, start Task Manager, click the Users
tab, click the user account, and then click Logoff.

To work around this behavior, you can also create a user who has
administrative privileges, log on as that user, and then copy the profile of
the first user.

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/

Configuration of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221837&sd=RMVP

HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q305709

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"Margo Guda" <mhguda@cura.net> wrote in message
news:ehLxllJ3IHA.4164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I had a strange problem causing my computer to fall into a boot loop and
> the only way to get out was to reinstall windows xp. I installed xp sp3
> but it turned out to do a completely new install. My old settings etc
> are still there, how do I import them into the new user account?
>
> Thanks in advance.

Kelly added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

> How to Copy a User Profile:
>
> Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under
> Profiles stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to
> copy, and then click Copy To.
>
> In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location
> for the new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
> Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user
> from the Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will
> appear in Add Name. Click OK to add the user as a new user profile
> on your computer.
>
> Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local
> computer to copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click
> Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click
> the appropriate icon.
>
> Note 2: You cannot copy the account you are currently logged in on.
> You must log into another account.
>
> Note 3: If you create a new account, you must logon once before you
> copy another account over top of it. Windows creates the user
> profile at logon, not at account creation, and it will not use the
> copy you created before that first logon, it will create a
> user.COMPUTERNAME folder instead.
>
> Note 4: To resolve this issue, verify that the user account is not
> logged on before you try to copy its profile. If you are currently
> logged on as this user, log off, log on again by using a different
> user account, and then copy the profile. If
> you are not logged on as the user account that you are trying to
> copy, that account may be logged on in a different session (using
> Fast User Switching).
>
> To force that account to be logged off, start Task Manager, click
> the Users tab, click the user account, and then click Logoff.
>
> To work around this behavior, you can also create a user who has
> administrative privileges, log on as that user, and then copy the
> profile of the first user.
>
> How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/
>
> Configuration of the My Documents Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221837&sd=RMVP
>
> HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q305709
>

I may have this somewhere but thanks for re-posting it as I will be
needing it soon also.

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