Hi guys,
I need your help,
i want to remove a domain user profile (server win2003)from workstation(winxp sp2)so that i should not be able to log in that workstation untill am in to network .For that i removed user profile from user account and deleted user profile from document and setting.but am still able to login using user profile as am not have been to the network after removing that profile.so pls tell me, should i remove the profile from any other location ,please tell me the path
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Originally Posted by hunterrose12
Basically guys this is what I've found in the last few weeks (yes weeks!!) of my researching this topic...
Login as administrator. When your creating a new profile because an old one is corrupt, rename the old profile to userbackup (or whatever) to a backup location. Then delete every profile for that user on the computer. Have the user log back in log back out. This will create their new profile location in My Documents and Settings. According to Microsoft you can import the whole folder that you backed up into the new profile except for three files:
• Ntuser.dat
• Ntuser.dat.log
• Ntuser.ini
Make sure these files are not copied to the new profile or you will have the same corrupt profile problem again.
Additionally to clear up any misconceptions about how the user profile creation works read the following...
- User logs in.
- A new folder for their profile is created based on their login name.
- That user's SID (Security ID; unique to that users account) is recorded in the registry, along with the path of where that users profile is stored.
- If the users profile for example, USER, is already taken it will create USER.DOMAIN, where domain is the domain you are connected to.
- If USER.DOMAIN is already being used, it will create a new profile called USER.DOMAIN.000 and so on.
It is important to check the registry path for that user also after you have changed recreated their profile so that it is pointing to the right place, as sometimes this does not change when they login and a new profile is created.
It can be found at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
That is where the SID's are stored in the registry. There is a key in there for each SID called ProfileImagePath where it will show you where that profile is stored on the computer.
Hope any of this info helps. If it does please let me know. If you have any questions please let me know also. |