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Re: uphclean tool "errors in event log"

Re: uphclean tool "errors in event log"

Thanks again. To clarify the dc was demoted and recreated using the same
domain name. (not my decision) Users have the same name, folders, etc.

What is the difference in deleting the folder from docs and settings
compared to deleting the profile from the control panel?

I am going to assume I also need to delete all the entries in the registry
assocatiated with current and old profiles.

Hope this fixes some of our problems.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> rocketz21 <rocketz21@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > What other kind of problems would you suspect with this behavior?
> > There's been a few minor weird things that come up now and then.
>
> Many mysterious things, if you have two AD domains with different SIDs but
> the same names. None fatal, probably :)
> >
> > I did delete the profiles from the document and settings folder in
> > the past, but didn't realize there was an entry in the registry.
>
> Yes. When you want to delete profiles, do it in control panel | system |
> advanced..... or use delprof from the resourcekit.
> >
> > Would you recommend deleting all the registry entries and the folders
> > from documents and settings to ensure everything is clean on the
> > workstation.
>
> Could do...
> >
> > What about the ntuser files in roaming profile folder?
>
> Nothing with the ntuser.dat files themselves - but if you don't have any
> luck with purging only the local copies of the profiles, you ,might
> temporarily rename the server copy and let it rebuild. Then copy out what
> you need from the backup/copy (such as Favorites, etc).
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> That can cause a *slew* of problems!
> >>
> >>> Used the whoami tool to verify
> >>> the current user sid and deleted the old registry key for that same
> >>> user. Not sure if it will help, but I think that is a big part of
> >>> the problem.
> >>
> >> Absolutely.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Honestly, at this point, I would purge all the profiles and recreate
> >> them.
>
>
>
>
 
Re: uphclean tool "errors in event log"

Re: uphclean tool "errors in event log"

rocketz21 <rocketz21@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thanks again. To clarify the dc was demoted and recreated using the
> same domain name. (not my decision) Users have the same name,
> folders, etc.

Yes, but they're all entirely different objects now - so you would have to
disjoined/rejoined the domain on all workstations, etc....what a pain!
>
> What is the difference in deleting the folder from docs and settings
> compared to deleting the profile from the control panel?

Registry.
>
> I am going to assume I also need to delete all the entries in the
> registry assocatiated with current and old profiles.

Don't go into the registry manually - just do the whole profile deletion in
control panel.
>
> Hope this fixes some of our problems.

Yep.

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> rocketz21 <rocketz21@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> What other kind of problems would you suspect with this behavior?
>>> There's been a few minor weird things that come up now and then.
>>
>> Many mysterious things, if you have two AD domains with different
>> SIDs but the same names. None fatal, probably :)
>>>
>>> I did delete the profiles from the document and settings folder in
>>> the past, but didn't realize there was an entry in the registry.
>>
>> Yes. When you want to delete profiles, do it in control panel |
>> system | advanced..... or use delprof from the resourcekit.
>>>
>>> Would you recommend deleting all the registry entries and the
>>> folders from documents and settings to ensure everything is clean
>>> on the workstation.
>>
>> Could do...
>>>
>>> What about the ntuser files in roaming profile folder?
>>
>> Nothing with the ntuser.dat files themselves - but if you don't have
>> any luck with purging only the local copies of the profiles, you
>> ,might temporarily rename the server copy and let it rebuild. Then
>> copy out what you need from the backup/copy (such as Favorites, etc).
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> That can cause a *slew* of problems!
>>>>
>>>>> Used the whoami tool to verify
>>>>> the current user sid and deleted the old registry key for that
>>>>> same user. Not sure if it will help, but I think that is a big
>>>>> part of the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Honestly, at this point, I would purge all the profiles and
>>>> recreate them.
 
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