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  • Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:12 AMHAL07 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    If you rename the local c:\users\user.name profile folder to e.g. "c:\users\user.name_old". The next time the user logs on, he will not get a new profile created, but rather C:\Users\TEMP as the profile name. How come this happens? We always did this "trick" on XP when we would like to back up a users profile to give him a new profile to check if the problem fixed itself by giving the user a new profile. If not, then we could just ask the user to log off, and rename the _old profile back to the original folder.

    And how can I remove a user from using C:\Users\Temp ?  

    I'm not sure if this happens at Vista too.
     

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  • Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:37 PMMr. Seven Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Access computer managment from control panel\administrative tools\local users and groups.
    Create a new user. Disable the problem user. Log off and on selecting the new user and make the obsaervation as to if the new user functions properly.
     
  • Friday, July 03, 2009 5:57 AMHAL07 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Uh what? we are running an active directory here with hundreds of users. I cannot just disable an old user in AD.
     
  • Friday, July 03, 2009 2:14 PMMr. Seven Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Why not?
    If you can find a user's profile folder out hundreds of folders then why can't you find a user name in local users and groups? You lied becouse active directory is designed for controling accounts.
    • Edited byMr. Seven Saturday, July 04, 2009 2:58 PM
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  • Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:09 AMHAL07 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Midnight. please refrain from posting in this thread.
     
  • Saturday, July 04, 2009 1:48 PMMr. Seven Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Don't tell me what to do becouse you critisize a perfect answer to a stupid question.
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  • Saturday, July 04, 2009 1:49 PMMr. Seven Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    That's why no one else replied to your topic.
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  • Monday, July 13, 2009 2:15 AMhidesneak Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I would like to know the trick too !
    i only know how to regen a new profile as below.
    rename c:\users\user.name"  "c:\users\user.name_old" look into the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ ProfileList
    and find the user's corresponding SID subkey, delete it and then login the user, it will create a new user profile for the user.