Roaming profile / UHPClean

[Ralf Pelzl]

Hello,
after installing new software on some machines (WinXP SP2) the roaming
profile of many users was'nt delete from the client machine. After some
investigations we installed UHPClean 1.63d and look: On logoff the user
profile was deleted successful from the client and in event log some entries
of UHPClean appears. We toughed we solved the problem 'til we logon as a
domain administrator. On logoff the profile left on the client, no entries
in event log. Is it a design feature of this utility that it cannot work
with accounts which are member of group 'Domain-Admins' ? We try this:

1. User 'MyAdminAcc' is member of group 'Domain-Admins' -> On logoff profile
left on client
2. We removed user 'MyAdminAcc' from group 'Domain-Admins' and make him a
member of 'Domain-Users'. We logged him on and off and the profile was
deleted from client.
3. We removed the user 'MyAdminAcc' again from 'Domain-Users' and make him
again a member of 'Domain-Admins'. After the logon/logoff-procedure the
profile left again on client.

Anyone out there with same problems or better with a solution for that ?

Regards
Ralf Pelzl

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello,
after installing new software on some machines (WinXP SP2) the roaming
profile of many users was'nt delete from the client machine. After
some investigations we installed UHPClean 1.63d and look: On logoff
the user profile was deleted successful from the client and in event
log some entries of UHPClean appears.

Errors? What did the events say?

We toughed we solved the
problem
How?

'til we logon as a domain administrator. On logoff the
profile left on the client, no entries in event log. Is it a design
feature of this utility that it cannot work with accounts which are
member of group 'Domain-Admins' ?

No. UPHClean doesn't do anything to remove profiles at all....and if you
have roaming profiles in use, it should be running on all your client
workstations.

We try this:
1. User 'MyAdminAcc' is member of group 'Domain-Admins' -> On logoff
profile left on client
2. We removed user 'MyAdminAcc' from group 'Domain-Admins' and make
him a member of 'Domain-Users'. We logged him on and off and the
profile was deleted from client.
3. We removed the user 'MyAdminAcc' again from 'Domain-Users' and
make him again a member of 'Domain-Admins'. After the
logon/logoff-procedure the profile left again on client.

Anyone out there with same problems or better with a solution for
that ?
Regards
Ralf Pelzl

What's the new software, and is this happening only on the computers where
you installed it?

If you have no joy here, are you sure nobody's mucked around with group
policy settings? By default, the cached copy should be retained, but GPOs
can be used to delete them. Try running rsop.msc on the problem machines.