How to delete user profiles at logoff?

[Steven Jones]

Hi there,

we have about 70 public access Windows 2000 Workstations that are connected
to a windows NT Domain.

I'm looking for a simple and automatic way (like a service or somthing) to
delete user profiles at log off, since they have no need to be there and
over time casue the hard drive to fill up with local user profiles and web
cache that's in them.

any info would be helpfull. Also If there's a Group Policy option available
for when we move over to AD that would be great as well.

--
Steven Jones
Network Technician

E-Mail: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://www.sj2k.net

 

[Jimmy Andersson [MVP]]

A couple of options.

1. You can use delprof from the Resource Kit.
2. If you wan't to avoid locally cached profiles you can edit the registry
to
delete the profile during logoff:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon\
Value: DeleteRoamingCache
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

You can use GPOs to distribute this setting, and also use delprof in a
logon/logoff script.

Regards,
/Jimmy