Re: added account
From: RipperT (N_oS_pAm)
Date: 08/07/05
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Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 15:24:50 -0400
Let me apologize . . . oops, no grovelling.
I left out the important part: Yes, this user already exists and no, machine
is not a domain member. This is what is confusing me. I created an account
called Steve. Under docs & settings, I have Steve and Steve.OFFICE. If that
is what it "needs to do", then OK, I've just never seen it before, so I was
befuddled. I was just concerned that it would cause me trouble when using
the files and settings transfer wizard. Thanx for the help.
Your smart questions site is a hoot - should be required reading for all
posters. Thanx again!
Rip
-- Ripper T Smith rippertsmith<nospam>@comcast.net "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eRTFYK1mFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> My new xp pro machine is adding a folder to docs & settings that has >> name of user - dot - name of machine. Example: Steve.Office. Why is >> this happening? Each time I delete it, it is recreated. How can I >> stop xp from doing this? I've not seen it before. > > Uhm... > That is your profile. > > - Is the machine a member of a domain? > - Do you log into the domain as well as the local machine? > > - If the machine is not a member of a domain, is there also a "Steve" > username already there? > - what happens if you rename the "Steve" user to "Steve.old" and then > log off and log on as Steve. > > You realize it does not matter much what the path is to the profile...? I > could create a user named "NotMyProfile", then rename the username to > "Shenan" and now I log on/off as "Shenan" but my profile is stored under > "C:\Documents and Settings\NotMyProfile". > > Why does the .NameofMachine happen? > Well, could be a corrupt profile, could be the machine is a member of a > domain and/or the "Steve directory already exists. Whatever the reason, > it's creating the Steve.MachineName profile because that is what it needs > to do. > > Now - if there is no "Steve" profile alreadiy in existence.. You could > erase the directory again (as a different user of course) and then change > the registry setting for the ProfilePath for Steve and then log on as > Steve and let it create the new profile there.. > > Start -> RUN -> regedit > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows > NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList > > Look for the SID (the really nasty looking number starting with S-1-5 > usually) folder that when you select it on the left and look on the right > in > the value for "ProfileImagePath" has the value for the user you want to > change. Change that to be the path you want it to be.. and then close > the regedit and reboot. > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
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