First you would have to determine why a new profile was created and you
would have to figure out why the system would be alternating between the
profiles. What you describe is highly unusual, I kind of doubt that
this is a profile issue per se, we will know more after we get the
results from the set command. There are only two reasons why new
profiles are created for existing users:

1- The user profile is corrupt and the user cannot logon using the
corrupt profile so the system creates a new profile for the user.

2- The user lost his permissions on his profile, his read rights to his
profile were revoked. Here again the system will create a new profile
for the user.

John

Jorge Cervantes wrote:
BTW, if there are indeed different profiles, how can I delete one profile?
Jorge



"John John - MVP" wrote in message
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Jorge Cervantes wrote:
I boot WinXP Pro with a password. I am the only user and also the
Administrator with the same password.
It now looks like that there are two users (i.e., two logons). The
reason is that when I log on the windows, I get A screen. When I reboot
the computer later, I get B screen. Both A and B screens are very
similar but two desktop icons are missing in one of the screens. I am
quite puzzled about this observation. My question is how to confirm that
there are two users (or logons) for one person, and if so, how to get rid
of one of the two logons.
They would have a different profile folder. To verify this you can use
the SET USER command at the Command Prompt. Issue the command under both
logons and compare the results. To make it easier to compare the results
you can redirect the output of the command to a text file:

set user c:\user.txt

John