Re: Profile Issue... by Dave
Dave
Tue Aug 12 15:37:35 CDT 2003
Here's a possible cause. When you hit ctrl+alt+del to log in, you have a
choice of logging in to your domain or the local computer. You log into
your domain account hundreds of times (always the same profile). Then, you
accidentally log into your local computer account, and that creates a new
profile. If this is what's happening, you'll see profiles like "username"
and "username.domainname." Assuming this is what's happening, the simplest
fix is probably to have someone with admin rights copy any files
accidentally created in the local profile back to the domain account
profile.
Again assuming this is the problem, the fix is to not have local accounts.
IMO this is a little risky unless you configure at least the local
administrator account carefully enough that you don't risk getting locked
out of the computer. I always create a local account for the domain admin
account, myself, and the primary user of the machine, just in case. (I'm
trying to minimize problems if the SBS goes down, although I'm sure that
users will be able to access their machines with cached credentials at least
for a while).
"Jason Ditri" <jasonditri@yahoo-nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ec1xv5QYDHA.1580@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Why for no reason what so ever does a workstation running Win XP or
Windows
> 2K create a new profile for a user that has logged on hundreds of times
> before this happens 2 or 3 times a year and its a real pain to get
> everything back to normal. What causes this, what are the solutions?
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> Thanks
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