Re: Duplicate users being created in Win 2K Pro

It's usually caused by a corrupt user profile. You have to completely dump the user profile and his folders. Backup the user's data and then restore the data only to the new account you create for him/her. By simply copying the whole (old) folders from the corrupt profile to the new user you are reintroducing the corruption to the new user's folders. The error can also occur when permissions are missing but in that case I would expect the error to be consistent at every logon, not just intermittent.

John

JPandzik wrote:
I have a client whose Win 2K Pro box intermittently creates a duplicate user account at login. They will log in to the network, see a nearly blank desktop, and freak. What I find in Documents and Settings is a ghost user named "username.domain.000". I fixed it last week by copying all desktop stuff over to the new identity and resharing desktop folders, but it happened again yesterday. Has anyone seen this before and can you point me in the right direction? Thanks!

Jim Pandzik
A+, Net+, CCNA, CFOI
... but no help here!

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