We've seen this problem before. If the user restarts without making any changes to the default profile, their profile restores itself.
Terri David W. McSpadden said the following on 9/2/2009 9:39 AM: > Reboot or boot this morning "took a very long time and a box was up in > the top left hand corner stating local settings are being applied". > Then the user experienced a default profile, having to set up email, > shortcuts, etc... Her profile in documents and settings > show her profile was updated this morning and no data was still out > there from yesterday. > Only a handful are experiencing this but enough high level users that > this is a priority today to get resolved. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Candee Vaglica <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:31 AM > *Subject:* Re: User Profile missing after windows updates > > This was my thought as well; what happens on reboot? > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Bob Fronk <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Have the files been deleted from c:\documents and > settings\%username% ? > > > > Did the it just force a logon with a temp profile? > > > > *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:25 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* User Profile missing after windows updates > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
