Windows User account

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We are deploying XP throughout the organization. I use SMS 2003 to do the machine builds. When the machine is profiled for the first time with the user account it does not create a user account for the new user automatically.

There is a profile created but not a user account

Any suggestions....

Thanks

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

We are deploying XP throughout the organization. I use SMS 2003 to do the

machine builds. When the machine is profiled for the first time with the
user account it does not create a user account for the new user
automatically.

There is a profile created but not a user account

Are you deploying these machines stand alone or are they part of a Domain?

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We are deploying XP throughout the organization. I use SMS 2003 to do the

machine builds. When the machine is profiled for the first time with the
user account it does not create a user account for the new user
automatically.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Hi Mike

They are part of a domain.

I use they domain admins account in the build process. The machine then

goes out to the user where we log them on to profile the machine and to copy
back some of there previous profile settings (Desktop, Favourites, etc. )
Ok then I do not understand where you are expecting the user account to be
created.
You are using Domain based user accounts, so they already exist.


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Hi Mike

They are part of a domain.

I use they domain admins account in the build process. The machine then

goes out to the user where we log them on to profile the machine and to copy
back some of there previous profile settings (Desktop, Favourites, etc. )

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

If I use domain based user accounts and I log on as the user on the

desktop, Is it not supposed to create a local domain account on the desktop?
No. The Domain account is used to logon.
If you have enabled the caching of credentials then these cached, but a
local account is not created.
There will also be a profile for that logged on user under Documents and
Settings.

I'm sorry I still do not understand where you think this account will be
created and what you are actually referring to.

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If I use domain based user accounts and I log on as the user on the

desktop, Is it not supposed to create a local domain account on the desktop?

 

[Mike Kolitz]

Yes - a profile is created but why not a local refrence to the domain

account (Control Pannel , User Accounts). I needed to add the domain user
account in the User Accounts under control panel.

Because it's not a local user. The User Accounts applet in the Control
Panel only handles local users.

Why do you need to have a user object show up in the User Accounts applet?
You should be able to manage all of your users through Active Directory
Users and Computers.

The user still ogged on - but no refference (one that I could see) to the
domain user account was created

There won't be any reference created in the local User Accounts applet. The
only reference you'll see is a folder in Document and Settings that contains
a local copy of the user's profile (assuming a policy is not set to
auto-delete the profile at logoff).

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Yes - a profile is created but why not a local refrence to the domain

account (Control Pannel , User Accounts). I needed to add the domain user
account in the User Accounts under control panel.

The user still ogged on - but no refference (one that I could see) to the

domain user account was created

I hope that explains it beter

Thanks for the feedback

Vleis

Mike is absolutly right.
The Accounts applet in control panel is looking at the local account
database on the workstation.
Youa re in a domain environment so the local account database will be pretty
much empty (obviously there will be a local Administrator account and local
disabled Guest account).

So you are logging on with a domain account that resides in the Active
Directory (or SAM if you are on NT 4.0)

So you have a local "copy" of the profile in the Documents and Settings
folder, a cached copy of the account credentials, but no actual physical
account in the local account database.
This is the correct behaviour for a domain member machine using a domain
account.

Now what are you trying to do ?

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Yes - a profile is created but why not a local refrence to the domain

account (Control Pannel , User Accounts). I needed to add the domain user
account in the User Accounts under control panel.

The user still ogged on - but no refference (one that I could see) to the

domain user account was created