Getting Wrong Profile

[Guest jhunter@huntercomputerinc.com]

We have one old Windows 2000 Pro (that we use once a quarter to run a

database routine that we haven't yet moved to a WinXP computer). When

I login (as JohnDoe), it doesn't give me my normal desktop/etc. When I

look in c:\documents and setting, there are two folders. One is

"JohnDoe" (which has all the correct stuff in it), the other is

"JohnDoe.Computer05" (which is the one it's loading when I log in as

JohnDoe). This is, and always has been, a stand-alone computer.

 

Anybody ever see this before?

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Getting Wrong Profile

 

Sounds like your profile became corrupt or inaccessible so being that

your logon credentials were (are) valid Windows created a new profile

for you and allowed you to log on with the new profile. First verify

and make sure that you have full permissions on your profile folder, if

the permissions were changed and if you do not have at least read

permissions on the folder the system will not be able to log you on with

the profile, so it will create a new one for you. If the profile folder

has full permissions then the profile may be corrupt, see here:

 

How to restore a user profile in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314045&sd=tech

 

JSI Tip 4631. How do I recovery a lost local user profile?

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/75938/jsi-tip-4631-how-do-i-recovery-a-lost-local-user-profile.html

 

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/

(Written for Windows XP but it's the same thing for Windows 2000)

 

A quick way to test for profile corruption is to create a new user

account then copy the suspect profile to the new account and test to see

if the same behaviour occurs, see here for instructions:

http://avidtechnology.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/avidtechnology.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=71660

 

If the profile is corrupt you don't need to throw away (delete) the

whole profile folder to fix this, see the fix in the other articles.

 

John

 

jhunter@huntercomputerinc.com wrote:

> We have one old Windows 2000 Pro (that we use once a quarter to run a

> database routine that we haven't yet moved to a WinXP computer). When

> I login (as JohnDoe), it doesn't give me my normal desktop/etc. When I

> look in c:\documents and setting, there are two folders. One is

> "JohnDoe" (which has all the correct stuff in it), the other is

> "JohnDoe.Computer05" (which is the one it's loading when I log in as

> JohnDoe). This is, and always has been, a stand-alone computer.

>

> Anybody ever see this before?