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Re: Active Directory user goes corrupt
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:01:07 -0400
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.
It happens on occassion. Usually, I find the profile is corrupted locally, so deleteing the profile on the local computer is sufficient (it will be recreated next time he/she logs in). Occassionally, I find the profile is corrupt on the server, and one of two fixes work: (1) restore the profile from backup, or (2) delete and then recreate the user. If you take option (2), give the directory time to replicate changes between the delete and recreation - usually 15 minutes is sufficient. Jeff 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 [SNIP]
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