Re: Renaming account leaves traces

Gis Bun <GisBun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

Gis Bun <GisBun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi. On a Server 2003 R2 SP2 domain, a user [I'll call him John] left
the company but a new user [I'll call him Bob] joined. Since Bob
would be doing the same functions as John and because a PC that John
used had a special configuration, the account was renamed from John
to Bob in the ADUC.

While everything shows up as Bob there are still certain things that
will show John's name on that specifically configured PC. An example
would be John's name for My Documents [in one view it will say
John's Documents] and the local path will be something like
C:\Documents And Settings\John .

Is there anyway way of renaming anything with John's name in it -
aside from deleting the local profile - which would be a bad idea
because of the configuration?

Thanks

I don't recommend renaming, for precisely these reasons. You will
either need to leave it be, or delete the local profile and recreate
it. You should be using folder redirection anyway - the fact that
there's a "special" workstation shouldn't make a lick of difference.

Here's what I do when people leave:

1. Change the password ASAP
2. (Presuming you use Exchange) Remove the user from any DLs of
which he/she was member

We don't use Exchange - snipped.

If you don't use Exchange, move the PST file somewhere safe on the
hard drive, log in as the new user, set up an Outlook profile, move
the PST file back to wherever you wish on the hard drive, & set it
up as the delivery location for your new mail profile. I don't like
PST files - I don't really support them, as I work with Exchange,
but this may apply to you

But I guess outside of deleting the account from the PC, there is no
way of removing the traces then....

There's no account on the PC. There's a *profile* on the PC. And unless
you're using roaming profiles, you can't delete this without significant
pain.

Obviously if someone left the company, the password is change....

Gis

Just create new users when you get new staff. It's a lot easier.



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