Delete Profile on Log Off

[Guest]

Hi,
I have a Windows 2000 server network with 500 users. The workstations run
Windows XP. The problem is that user profiles accumulate on the
workstations. I need a way to delete them, preferably when the user logs
off. I don't have roaming profiles, and that is why the computers are making
local profiles. Is there someway to tell windows to delete the profiles,
without me actually going to every workstation and deleting the profiles?

 

[Malke]

Hi,
I have a Windows 2000 server network with 500 users. The workstations
run
Windows XP. The problem is that user profiles accumulate on the
workstations. I need a way to delete them, preferably when the user
logs
off. I don't have roaming profiles, and that is why the computers are
making
local profiles. Is there someway to tell windows to delete the
profiles, without me actually going to every workstation and deleting
the profiles?

Are you trying to return the computers to a pristine state? In that
case, look into using something like DeepFreeze from Faronics.

Malke

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

There is a resource kit utility which can do this - delprof.exe:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315411

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Richard G. Harper]

If you have Active Directory running on your network, consider setting the
number of cached profiles to zero or one. You'll find in Computer
Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Local Policies, Security
Options. "Interactive Logon - Number of previous logons to cache)".

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