Problem with a user's profile

[Maverick07]

Hello,

I have a user who has a roaming profile (Win 2k server and the user has Windows XP). Anyways, on any machine this person uses, they end up with two profile folders in the C:\. name.DOMAIN.000 and name.DOMAIN What is the .000 profile and how do I get rid of it? Can I simply delete it or is it there for a reason? There are files/settings in the folder.

Thanks,
Lance

 

[Varun]

We run Netware 6 and have roaming profiles turned off, however I am going to take a stab at this. I know in XP if you delete a user, then recreate one with the same name you end of with two profiles. Perhaps it is something like that?

My other suggestion is MS Tech Net, pretty good knowledgebase there.

 

[TXJustin]

Yeah, you can delete profiles on the local XP machine all day. The next time the user logs in, they will get whatever is on the network. Be aware, however -- that if the user saved something locally (say on the desktop) and did not get a proper logoff, that file will NOT be on the network and will be gone forever. I would rename the profiles to user.000.old and user.domain.old. Have the user login, and the network profile will download to the machine. If after a week the user has no complaints and doesn't seem to be missing anything, you can delete the .old profiles off the XP machine.