If WSUS is in use, and therefore these machines are disabled from going to WU directly, I'd suggest running MalwareBytes or some such on them ASAP.
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:41 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates > > 10 to 12. The one I am working with is in the next room. Everyone > else is > in standby mode while I figure it out. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:37 AM > Subject: RE: User Profile missing after windows updates > > > You original report was plural. This last post indicates it's a single > machine? > > Is this a widespread issue, or is this one user affected? > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:32 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates > > > > IE8 is disabled for us. I haven't gotten through the WSUS logs yet > so > > I am > > unsure of what updated her machine. > > Local Profiles. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James Rankin" <[email protected]> > > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:28 AM > > Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates > > > > > > I am assuming these are local profiles...are the folders actually > > gone? If they were roaming, you'd be restoring a backup right now I > > guess. Have any updates been done overnight (it wasn't the IE8 > upgrade > > going out, was it?) > > > > 2009/9/2 David W. McSpadden <[email protected]>: > > > XP Pro SP3. > > > Users coming in this morning are missing their profiles. That means > > there > > > Outlook Express email, their IE favorites, desktop > > shortcuts....etc.... > > > What can I do to save my sanity? > > > System Restore is disabled on the majority of these machines so the > > > Virusscanner can delete files without them going into a restore > bin. > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > For the Lurkers that don't like of topic here is one you can take a > > swing > > > at. > > > Let us know what you know. > > > Thanks > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put > > into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I > am > > not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that > > could provoke such a question." > > > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
