Account Unknown - ?

[Guest BradleyD]

[system properties - User profiles] There is a long list of Account Unknown,

can these just be deleted and not cause any harm. The size of the profiles

vary but the list is longer than the named profiles. Thanks for the assist.

 

Brad

[Guest sen_ismail@web.de]

Re: Account Unknown - ?

 

Hi,

 

you should insert more details > if you want some suggestion.

 

cheers,

Ismail

[Guest BradleyD]

Re: Account Unknown - ?

 

 

 

"sen_ismail@web.de" wrote:

> Hi,

>

> you should insert more details > if you want some suggestion.

>

> cheers,

> Ismail

>

>

Not sure what you are suggesting but I will start from the start. There

appears to be a long list of "Account Unknown" under the path - My Computer -

properties - advanced - user profiles - settings. The local profiles are also

listed but there are many of the "account Unknown" profiles listed. Can I

delete these "Account Unknown" profiles? Are they using up resources? What

exactly are they and how can I prevent their creation if they are not

beneficial.

 

I have 79 of these "Account Unknown" accounts and 100 named user accounts,

all local.

 

Not sure what additional details you may be looking for, perhaps you could

put your request in the form of a questions. Thanks for any assistance and

knowledge.

 

Brad

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Account Unknown - ?

 

=?Utf-8?B?QnJhZGxleUQ=?= <BradleyD@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote on 21 okt 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> "sen_ismail@web.de" wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> you should insert more details > if you want some suggestion.

>>

>> cheers,

>> Ismail

>>

>>

> Not sure what you are suggesting but I will start from the

> start. There appears to be a long list of "Account Unknown"

> under the path - My Computer - properties - advanced - user

> profiles - settings. The local profiles are also listed but

> there are many of the "account Unknown" profiles listed. Can I

> delete these "Account Unknown" profiles? Are they using up

> resources? What exactly are they and how can I prevent their

> creation if they are not beneficial.

>

> I have 79 of these "Account Unknown" accounts and 100 named user

> accounts, all local.

>

> Not sure what additional details you may be looking for, perhaps

> you could put your request in the form of a questions. Thanks

> for any assistance and knowledge.

>

> Brad

 

The profile owners are listed as "Account unknown" when the server

isn't able to translate the SID to a friendly username.

Common reasons are:

* account has been deleted, but profile hasn't

* account is not a local account, but a domain account

and there are probably many more.

 

Unused profiles are not loaded by the system, so they shouldn't

harm.

 

You can delete them, if you are sure that they don't belong to

domain accounts who might need them later on. Depends on how

important user settings are in your environment.

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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[Guest BradleyD]

Re: Account Unknown - ?

 

 

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?QnJhZGxleUQ=?= <BradleyD@discussions.microsoft.com>

> wrote on 21 okt 2007 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

> > "sen_ismail@web.de" wrote:

> >

> >> Hi,

> >>

> >> you should insert more details > if you want some suggestion.

> >>

> >> cheers,

> >> Ismail

> >>

> >>

> > Not sure what you are suggesting but I will start from the

> > start. There appears to be a long list of "Account Unknown"

> > under the path - My Computer - properties - advanced - user

> > profiles - settings. The local profiles are also listed but

> > there are many of the "account Unknown" profiles listed. Can I

> > delete these "Account Unknown" profiles? Are they using up

> > resources? What exactly are they and how can I prevent their

> > creation if they are not beneficial.

> >

> > I have 79 of these "Account Unknown" accounts and 100 named user

> > accounts, all local.

> >

> > Not sure what additional details you may be looking for, perhaps

> > you could put your request in the form of a questions. Thanks

> > for any assistance and knowledge.

> >

> > Brad

>

> The profile owners are listed as "Account unknown" when the server

> isn't able to translate the SID to a friendly username.

> Common reasons are:

> * account has been deleted, but profile hasn't

> * account is not a local account, but a domain account

> and there are probably many more.

>

> Unused profiles are not loaded by the system, so they shouldn't

> harm.

>

> You can delete them, if you are sure that they don't belong to

> domain accounts who might need them later on. Depends on how

> important user settings are in your environment.

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

Interesting. Thank you for the insight. I know I have profiles and user

accounts that are not in sync. When a user is deleted the profile does not

appear to be deleted automatically, this would make sense since the TS is a

member server and not an AD server. Putting balance between the user accounts

and the AD accounts should reduce the number of these "Account Unknown"

instances. I will get the cleanup process underway. Do these "Account

Unknown" consume TS resources, other than the disk space they consume?

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Account Unknown - ?

 

=?Utf-8?B?QnJhZGxleUQ=?= <BradleyD@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote on 22 okt 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> =?Utf-8?B?QnJhZGxleUQ=?= <BradleyD@discussions.microsoft.com>

>> wrote on 21 okt 2007 in

>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>

>> > "sen_ismail@web.de" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Hi,

>> >>

>> >> you should insert more details > if you want some

>> >> suggestion.

>> >>

>> >> cheers,

>> >> Ismail

>> >>

>> >>

>> > Not sure what you are suggesting but I will start from the

>> > start. There appears to be a long list of "Account Unknown"

>> > under the path - My Computer - properties - advanced - user

>> > profiles - settings. The local profiles are also listed but

>> > there are many of the "account Unknown" profiles listed. Can

>> > I delete these "Account Unknown" profiles? Are they using up

>> > resources? What exactly are they and how can I prevent their

>> > creation if they are not beneficial.

>> >

>> > I have 79 of these "Account Unknown" accounts and 100 named

>> > user accounts, all local.

>> >

>> > Not sure what additional details you may be looking for,

>> > perhaps you could put your request in the form of a

>> > questions. Thanks for any assistance and knowledge.

>> >

>> > Brad

>>

>> The profile owners are listed as "Account unknown" when the

>> server isn't able to translate the SID to a friendly username.

>> Common reasons are:

>> * account has been deleted, but profile hasn't

>> * account is not a local account, but a domain account

>> and there are probably many more.

>>

>> Unused profiles are not loaded by the system, so they shouldn't

>> harm.

>>

>> You can delete them, if you are sure that they don't belong to

>> domain accounts who might need them later on. Depends on how

>> important user settings are in your environment.

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>

> Interesting. Thank you for the insight. I know I have profiles

> and user accounts that are not in sync. When a user is deleted

> the profile does not appear to be deleted automatically, this

> would make sense since the TS is a member server and not an AD

> server. Putting balance between the user accounts and the AD

> accounts should reduce the number of these "Account Unknown"

> instances. I will get the cleanup process underway. Do these

> "Account Unknown" consume TS resources, other than the disk

> space they consume?

 

No, they won't use any other resource.

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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[Guest Hank Arnold (MVP)]

Re: Account Unknown - ?

 

BradleyD wrote:

> [system properties - User profiles] There is a long list of Account Unknown,

> can these just be deleted and not cause any harm. The size of the profiles

> vary but the list is longer than the named profiles. Thanks for the assist.

>

> Brad

I used to get them when I would delete the local profile without

deleting the account. You can also get them if, when you delete the

account, the profile is not successfully deleted. Also, I suspect that

corrupted profiles will cause this, also.

 

I delete them routinely when I see them.

 

As a suggestion, I would schedule a regular backup of the System State

for that server as well as the DCs. This way, you have some options if,

for example, deleting the profile somehow messes things up.... I have a

scheduled job on each of my DCs as well as my Citrix/TS servers that

backs up the System State to another server with a tape backup.

 

--

 

Regards,

Hank Arnold

Microsoft MVP

Windows Server - Directory Services