Single user best setup

Following the directions in Control Panel Users Accounts, I have created an
Administrator and a "User with limited powers" bearing my name.
Now, correctly, when I start up, I'm shown the two possibilities on the desktop.
I can choose the administrator's picture and work normally, but if I click on the
user I get an error message saying that the system cannot load that user.
What I have done wrong?
By the way, is not clear to me the relationship between the users defined as
I did on Control Panel User Accounts, and the folders existing under Documents and Settings, whose contents look to be out of my control. Can someone tell me where I may find some clarification? Thank you.

 

it sounds like the profile might be corrupted. Not likely, but it could have happened. Try removing and recreating the account.
when you log into an acct, windows creates a profile with that name in the docs and settings folder.

 

Why the limited ability on the user account? Are concerned about doing inadvertent damage? If the Admin account becomes corrupt then you cannot do a lot of stuff.

I set my XP Pro up with two accounts but the "user" account has Admin powers.

 

User account

Microsoft suggests not to work normally as an Administrator, because if a trojan
enters in that setting, it may do much more damage than in a "user" environment.

 

I wont disagree. But if your user account has Admin rights you are not working as Admin but you still have the rights to fix stuff if need be. Besides MS does not have to fix our PC's, we do.

 

if you created an account that is part of the administrators group then that user has the same security rights as any other account in that group.
If one uses the system with a more limited acct one would probably spend less time fixing it and more time using it. lol.
That being said, a best practice is to use an acct with limited rights so that if by chance you run across malicious software the damage to your system is greatly reduced. For most day to day functions you don't need admin creds. If you have to install software you can simply SHIFT + RT CLICK on an executable and choose Run as... from the context menu. This will allow you to enter an admin username and p/w to install the program with the elevated perms required.