ooops, profile problem in XP Pro

[Scott]

I have an XP pro workstation that logs into a Windows
2003 domain.

The problem I keep having is that when the user logs into
the domain, thier profile is lost. They end up at the XP
desktop (under thier name) but all the icons and settings
are gone. The seem to have the local administrator's
desktop settings.

I can still browse the network ok and if I do a system
restore to an earier point, the desktop will come back
until you reboot.

This happend after I fixed a problem with the server's
DNS settings and had to change the local user's IP & DNS
settings.

The workstation has a local account which is the same as
thier login on the server (with admin privledges).

Any thoughts on a fix?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have an XP pro workstation that logs into a Windows
2003 domain.

The problem I keep having is that when the user logs into
the domain, thier profile is lost. They end up at the XP
desktop (under thier name) but all the icons and settings
are gone. The seem to have the local administrator's
desktop settings.

Go to your event logs and look for errors, particularly UserEnv.
Does this user have a roaming profile? (I prefer them...).
A lot of profile errors can be fixed by installing the User Profile Hive
Cleanup Utility -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en

I can still browse the network ok and if I do a system
restore to an earier point, the desktop will come back
until you reboot.

This happend after I fixed a problem with the server's
DNS settings and had to change the local user's IP & DNS
settings.

What exactly was the problem, and what did you do to fix it?
You should use DHCP for your network anyway - this makes your life a LOT
easier. Make sure your DNS settings for all servers/computers do not point
to any non-AD/local DNS server IPs - ever - or you will have problems
galore.

The workstation has a local account which is the same as
thier login on the server (with admin privledges).

Don't use a local account at all....the user should always log into the
domain, even when not connected on the LAN. Change the pw on the local
account to something the user cannot guess.