Domain user gets only a temporary profile

[pher]

I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2. When a domain user logs in as a new user, he
gets only a temporary profile which is then deleted upon logging off. The
only way that I have found so that he gets a local profile is to define him
in the local administrators group. I'm wondering whether this behaviour is
normal (by design) or if something is wrong. We have tried on several
machines, all running XP Pro SP2, the problem occurs everywhere, so the
problem is not my configuration. The user is not member of the Domain Guests
group.

Thank you for any advice
Pierrot

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2. When a domain user logs in as a new
user, he gets only a temporary profile which is then deleted upon
logging off. The only way that I have found so that he gets a local
profile is to define him in the local administrators group. I'm
wondering whether this behaviour is normal (by design) or if
something is wrong. We have tried on several machines, all running XP
Pro SP2, the problem occurs everywhere, so the problem is not my
configuration. The user is not member of the Domain Guests group.

Thank you for any advice
Pierrot

Check the event logs for clues.
Do you use roaming profiles?
Do you have the User Profile Hive Cleanup Utility installed? (it's a must!)

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Since it works when the user is a member of the administrators group it
sounds like a permission problem. Check to see that users have the necessary
permissions for the folders involved. Are these users set up to use roaming
profiles?? Verify that users have read/list/execute permissions to the
documents and settings folders and that system has full control permissions.

Steve

 

[pher]

Yes, I have the Hive Cleanup Utility installed, but this did not fix the
problem.
Yes, I gave all the possible authorizations to that user, and still he got
the temporary profile.
Finally, the solution is this: the user we tried to login with is member of
a group SQLTest_Group, and this group is itselft member of the Domain Guests
group. In this case, the user automatically gets a temporary profile ! The
solution is obvious: either remove the user from the SQLTest_Group or remove
this group from the Domain Guests group.

Thanks for having provided good ideas
Pierrot