Peter Clark
December 5th 03, 07:47 PM
check your network connections. if from the server the
profile was ment to load from, but the network connection
failed, a local one would be created, regardless if one had
already been created locally - *i think*
>-----Original Message-----
>Peter
>
>I understand what your saying but you mention
>username.machine in my case it is not machine name but
>domain name, what would cause it not to use the folder
>with the user name only if it exists, and why would it be
>random to only some users, I tried deleting one of these
>sets and after a couple days both showed up again, the
>first one being username then after a few logins
>username.domain name showed up.
>
>thanks
>xavier
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>local user profiles are stored in a folder called
>username
>>- if the folder is taken username.machinename is used, if
>>this is also taken username.machine.XXX is used, where
>XXX
>>is between 000 and 999 - system scans up decimally for
>the
>>first available number. if all are taken a temporary
>>profile folder is created in the form of temp then
>>temp.machine and then temp.machine.XXX - same as before -
>>if 2004 folders covering all combinations are present and
>>the profileimagepath text string value at
>>hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windowsnt\cu rrentve
>rsion\profilelist\%usersid%\
>>does not match any a profile folder cannot be created and
>>the user is denied login.
>>
>>when the user logged on, the server set profile folder
>>maynot of been found, thus it created a new one. do you
>>normally operate roaming profiles with default 10 cached
>>logon creditentals?
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Why do some users when they login to a domain with no
>>>local user account on the workstation suddenly show
>>>up twice once with there name alone "user" and a second
>>>time with their name + domain name "username.domain
>name"
>>>I was once told the user name + domain name is a cached
>>>account but it seams it is the only account that is used
>>>I can tell by the temp folder files, desktop and also
>>>what they have saved under my documents.
>>>some users never get a second account and only have the
>>>one with their name alone "user".
>>>Is there a logical explanation to this and is there a
>way
>>>to avoid it.
>>.
>>
>.
>
profile was ment to load from, but the network connection
failed, a local one would be created, regardless if one had
already been created locally - *i think*
>-----Original Message-----
>Peter
>
>I understand what your saying but you mention
>username.machine in my case it is not machine name but
>domain name, what would cause it not to use the folder
>with the user name only if it exists, and why would it be
>random to only some users, I tried deleting one of these
>sets and after a couple days both showed up again, the
>first one being username then after a few logins
>username.domain name showed up.
>
>thanks
>xavier
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>local user profiles are stored in a folder called
>username
>>- if the folder is taken username.machinename is used, if
>>this is also taken username.machine.XXX is used, where
>XXX
>>is between 000 and 999 - system scans up decimally for
>the
>>first available number. if all are taken a temporary
>>profile folder is created in the form of temp then
>>temp.machine and then temp.machine.XXX - same as before -
>>if 2004 folders covering all combinations are present and
>>the profileimagepath text string value at
>>hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windowsnt\cu rrentve
>rsion\profilelist\%usersid%\
>>does not match any a profile folder cannot be created and
>>the user is denied login.
>>
>>when the user logged on, the server set profile folder
>>maynot of been found, thus it created a new one. do you
>>normally operate roaming profiles with default 10 cached
>>logon creditentals?
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Why do some users when they login to a domain with no
>>>local user account on the workstation suddenly show
>>>up twice once with there name alone "user" and a second
>>>time with their name + domain name "username.domain
>name"
>>>I was once told the user name + domain name is a cached
>>>account but it seams it is the only account that is used
>>>I can tell by the temp folder files, desktop and also
>>>what they have saved under my documents.
>>>some users never get a second account and only have the
>>>one with their name alone "user".
>>>Is there a logical explanation to this and is there a
>way
>>>to avoid it.
>>.
>>
>.
>