Re: Active Directory user goes corrupt

[Kevin Mars <kjmars () gmail com>]

Off-hand it sounds like roaming profiles with a corrupt profile.  If
so you can delete (or rename) his profile on the server and on the
workstation and recreate it (personal settings, mail settings, etc)
from scratch without giving him a whole new account.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738596%28WS.10%29.aspx

Kevin

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Peter Odigie <peterodigie () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> I am new to active directory and I am presently managing one in a firm. A
> staff comes to me and says his desktop contents are no longer there and with
> his login he cannot open packages on the his system.  Initially, I thought
> it was his computer but after I logged in with my own user and he tried
> logging into the domain on other computers he had the same problem. It seems
> his user profile on the server (Windows Server 2003) has gone corrupt.
>
> How did that happen? And what am I to do? These are the questions on my
> head.  In the main time I have created another user for him and I am going
> through the pain of transferring giving him privileges to what he should
> have access to.  Any help?
>
> Also, I will like a recommendation of where I can get some free books on
> Active directory management.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
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