If you rename the local c:\users\user.name profile folder to e.g. &quot;c:\users\user.name_old&quot;. 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 &quot;trick&quot; 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.<br/> <br/> And how can I remove a user from using C:\Users\Temp ?   <br/> <br/> I'm not sure if this happens at Vista too.© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:06:40 Z4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22HAL07http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=HAL07If you rename the local c:\users\user.name profile folder to e.g. &quot;c:\users\user.name_old&quot;. 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 &quot;trick&quot; 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.<br/> <br/> And how can I remove a user from using C:\Users\Temp ?   <br/> <br/> I'm not sure if this happens at Vista too.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:12:34 Z2009-07-02T11:12:44Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#266075c6-c7ec-4e6f-83ac-7871dcaab545http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#266075c6-c7ec-4e6f-83ac-7871dcaab545DEFCON 1http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=DEFCON%201Access computer managment from control panel\administrative tools\local users and groups.<br/>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.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:37:59 Z2009-07-02T17:38:49Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#ba1faa9d-2699-431d-8515-6ce6207575b9http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#ba1faa9d-2699-431d-8515-6ce6207575b9HAL07http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=HAL07Uh what? we are running an active directory here with hundreds of users. I cannot just disable an old user in AD.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:57:42 Z2009-07-03T05:57:42Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#020848ec-0f90-4a5c-86f7-afaefe21c7d7http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#020848ec-0f90-4a5c-86f7-afaefe21c7d7DEFCON 1http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=DEFCON%201Why not?<br/>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.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:14:10 Z2009-07-04T14:58:17Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#ff8c8850-2eb7-4130-a744-64aa6abb1697http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#ff8c8850-2eb7-4130-a744-64aa6abb1697HAL07http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=HAL07Midnight. please refrain from posting in this thread.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:09:29 Z2009-07-04T09:09:29Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#1b40f5b9-7eb9-4b57-9aa7-74439cfa7c52http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4ed91190-0f91-4a1e-a6be-1c0115b02b22#1b40f5b9-7eb9-4b57-9aa7-74439cfa7c52hidesneakhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=hidesneakI would like to know the trick too !<br/> i only know how to regen a new profile as below.<br/> rename c:\users\user.name&quot;  &quot;c:\users\user.name_old&quot; look into the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ ProfileList<br/> 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.<br/>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:15:14 Z2009-07-13T02:15:14Z