User Profile hangs

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I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and let
him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his old
profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile it says
Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and that the
file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file within this profile
that is locked or hung by the system. Is there anyway to unlock it without
restarting the server? IS there anyway to see what file is locked in that
profile? We have UPHClean installed but that does not help.


Thomas
 
Re: User Profile hangs

Also I wanted to add the profile is only 13.8MB and we don't use roaming
profiles.


"td" <tx2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
>your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
>just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and let
>him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his old
>profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile it says
>Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and that
>the file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file within this
>profile that is locked or hung by the system. Is there anyway to unlock it
>without restarting the server? IS there anyway to see what file is locked
>in that profile? We have UPHClean installed but that does not help.
>
>
> Thomas
 
Re: User Profile hangs

You could use process explorer
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) to see
what is being kept open and potentially close it.

Jeff Pitsch
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

td wrote:
> I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
> your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
> just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and
> let him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his
> old profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile
> it says Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected
> and that the file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file
> within this profile that is locked or hung by the system. Is there
> anyway to unlock it without restarting the server? IS there anyway to
> see what file is locked in that profile? We have UPHClean installed but
> that does not help.
>
>
> Thomas
 
RE: User Profile hangs

Try Unlocker (http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker), for me works fine...

"td" wrote:

> I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
> your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
> just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and let
> him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his old
> profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile it says
> Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and that the
> file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file within this profile
> that is locked or hung by the system. Is there anyway to unlock it without
> restarting the server? IS there anyway to see what file is locked in that
> profile? We have UPHClean installed but that does not help.
>
>
> Thomas
>
>
 
Re: User Profile hangs

Great tool! But I can't find anything that is locked.


"Jeff Pitsch" <jeff.pitsch.fake@jeffpitschconsulting.com> wrote in message
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> You could use process explorer
> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) to see
> what is being kept open and potentially close it.
>
> Jeff Pitsch
> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
>
> td wrote:
>> I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
>> your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
>> just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and let
>> him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his old
>> profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile it
>> says Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and
>> that the file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file within
>> this profile that is locked or hung by the system. Is there anyway to
>> unlock it without restarting the server? IS there anyway to see what file
>> is locked in that profile? We have UPHClean installed but that does not
>> help.
>>
>>
>> Thomas
 
Re: User Profile hangs

td wrote:
> I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
> your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
> just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and
> let him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his
> old profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile
> it says Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected
> and that the file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file
> within this profile that is locked or hung by the system. Is there
> anyway to unlock it without restarting the server? IS there anyway to
> see what file is locked in that profile? We have UPHClean installed but
> that does not help.
>
>
> Thomas

Have you tried taking ownership and assigning the administrator full
security settings (to all folders and files)? That usually fixes this
and allows me to do whatever I want.

BTW, when you do this, you will get an "Unknown" profile if you list
profiles under My Computer properties...

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
 
Re: User Profile hangs

I will give that a shot. thanks.

"Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> td wrote:
>> I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
>> your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
>> just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and let
>> him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his old
>> profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile it
>> says Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and
>> that the file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file within
>> this profile that is locked or hung by the system. Is there anyway to
>> unlock it without restarting the server? IS there anyway to see what file
>> is locked in that profile? We have UPHClean installed but that does not
>> help.
>>
>>
>> Thomas
>
> Have you tried taking ownership and assigning the administrator full
> security settings (to all folders and files)? That usually fixes this and
> allows me to do whatever I want.
>
> BTW, when you do this, you will get an "Unknown" profile if you list
> profiles under My Computer properties...
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Hank Arnold
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Server - Directory Services
 
Re: User Profile hangs

Failing that give the server a good old reboot. That might even sort his
problem with logging on.
"td" <tx2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I will give that a shot. thanks.
>
> "Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ZPcSUTJJHA.3644@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> td wrote:
>>> I have a user that when he logs onto our TS 2003 box it hangs at loading
>>> your personal settings. He did not have any issues in the past. This has
>>> just started happening. I was going to rename his current profile and
>>> let him log on and then I would just copy over what he needed from his
>>> old profile to the new one but.....when I try to rename the old profile
>>> it says Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected
>>> and that the file is not in use. I am assuming that there is a file
>>> within this profile that is locked or hung by the system. Is there
>>> anyway to unlock it without restarting the server? IS there anyway to
>>> see what file is locked in that profile? We have UPHClean installed but
>>> that does not help.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>
>> Have you tried taking ownership and assigning the administrator full
>> security settings (to all folders and files)? That usually fixes this and
>> allows me to do whatever I want.
>>
>> BTW, when you do this, you will get an "Unknown" profile if you list
>> profiles under My Computer properties...
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>> Hank Arnold
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Server - Directory Services
>
 

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