losing Win2000 profiles

[Guest]

I couldn't find a win2000 newsgroup so I'm posting here. Hope you don't mind.

For the last several months my users have randomly started "losing" their
Windows 2000 profiles. By that I mean that they logon and are presented with
whole new desktop based on the default profile. Their old profile folder
still exists in Documents & Settings but only the new profile shows up in the
User Profiles section under System Properties. This first started occurring
about 8 months ago. Is this caused by some communication problem with our
2003 Server domain controllers or is it something local in their workstation
O/S and, more importantly, how do I troubleshoot it?

Thanks in advance

 

[Gordon]

I couldn't find a win2000 newsgroup so I'm posting here. Hope you don't
mind.

If you used Outlook Express as your newsreader and subscribed to
msnews.microsoft.com as your news server, you would see loads of them.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I couldn't find a win2000 newsgroup so I'm posting here. Hope you don't mind.

For the last several months my users have randomly started "losing" their
Windows 2000 profiles. By that I mean that they logon and are presented with
whole new desktop based on the default profile. Their old profile folder
still exists in Documents & Settings but only the new profile shows up in the
User Profiles section under System Properties. This first started occurring
about 8 months ago. Is this caused by some communication problem with our
2003 Server domain controllers or is it something local in their workstation
O/S and, more importantly, how do I troubleshoot it?

Thanks in advance

It seems like there is something corrupting or damaged the original
user profiles. Are you using roaming profiles? If so, then yes,
communications between the server on which the profiles are stored and
the workstations could be a factor. If using local profiles, make sure
that the affected workstations' cooling fans are working properly.
Over-heated RAM can cause registry - including the user-specific
portion, NTUSER.DAT - corruption. Also ensure that the workstations are
always shut down correctly, allowing any registry changes to be saved
back to the hard drive. Also make sure that there is ample free space
on the hard drives in question, that disk cleanup is performed
regularly, and that the drives are defragged regularly.

This KB Article might help you troubleshoot the issue:

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705

Oh, and there are a great many Win2K newsgroups. You need to learn to
use a real newsreader to access Usenet, rather than that clunky web
interface.


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[Tim Slattery]

I couldn't find a win2000 newsgroup so I'm posting here. Hope you don't mind.

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microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server
microsoft.public.win2000.applications
microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin
microsoft.public.win2000.developer
microsoft.public.win2000.dns
microsoft.public.win2000.enable
microsoft.public.win2000.fax
microsoft.public.win2000.file_system
microsoft.public.win2000.games
microsoft.public.win2000.general
microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy
microsoft.public.win2000.hardware
microsoft.public.win2000.macintosh
microsoft.public.win2000.msi
microsoft.public.win2000.multimedia
microsoft.public.win2000.netware
microsoft.public.win2000.networking
microsoft.public.win2000.new_user
microsoft.public.win2000.printing
microsoft.public.win2000.ras_routing
microsoft.public.win2000.registry
microsoft.public.win2000.security
microsoft.public.win2000.setup
microsoft.public.win2000.setup_deployment
microsoft.public.win2000.setup_upgrade
microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.apps
microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients
microsoft.public.win2000.windows_update

 

[Guest]

Don:

I'm experiencing the exact same problem. I was wondering if you found a
resolve to your problem?

Thanks,

Aaron