Removing Users and Roaming Profile Directories...

[JoeVolcano]

Hello,

I have a W2k3 server with roaming profiles. I have lots of accounts but
few computers (Internet Cafe)

Anyone have a way to remove Users/Profile directories since a given
date?

Idealy what I would like is to delete all users who haven't logged in
in 3 months for example.

This doesn't seem possible with any of the Microsoft tools, or is it?

Geoff

 

[Ryan Hanisco]

Joe,

This is pretty easy in Windows 2003. You open the ADU&C and create a new
stored query -- this should be one of the top nodes in the left pane.
Create the query to show you accounts that haven't been active in 3 months
and delete them.

As to the roaming profiles.. you'll have to either do this manually or
script this.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

There is a Resource Kit tool, Delprof.exe, which should be able to delete
the profiles based on age:

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

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[JoeVolcano]

Thanks Doug and Ryan,

Delprof doesn't seem to deal with the roaming profiles. These users are
in an AD OU that I created. Although Delprof does run on the server it
doesn't pick up users that are non in standard places (I think) I have
over 2500 users in AD, when I do delprof /D:90 (90 days) it only picks
up 3 or 4 users...Sigh. (Delprof works great on the xp clients though)

As for creating the query -- I haven't seen this, I will try this. I'll
then need to export the removed names so I can erase the directories.

Thanks for your assistance.

Geoff aka JoeVolcano

 

[JoeVolcano]

OK, just tried to create the query, I set the query root to my OU,
define the query as "Name" "Has a Value" and Days sinc last logon to be
120.

Then I do a refresh on the query.

I get a dialog:
This query cannot be completed because it requires information that is
not supported by the Active Directory domain that is currently
targeted. ...

This domain is a "Windows 2000 mixed" functional level, is this query a
2003 only type????

Oy!

 

[Jazzing]

Hi mate I have a simular question but i want to remove the roaming
directorys from the client system. I have my roaming profiles on my
server and the clients systems are getting clogged up as the profiles
are staying on the client directory C:\Documents and Settings\ I want
to creat a log off script removing them as they log off but i can creat
a batch file but where do i go to set the batch file to run when the
user logs off as i can only find info about log on scripts?
Cheers James