I have not seen this behavior, but I appreciate the Heads Up on the matter. I run Win 2k Pro still, mostly on VPCs in production, and under Linux VMware in production. A situation like you describe could have been a bit disruptive.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Ken Dibble > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF] Recent MS Update Hoses Win2K Profiles? > > > Hi folks, > > If this has already come up, I apologize. I'm about 3 weeks behind in my > reading on this list. > > Yesterday I was doing computer maintenance at work and encountered a > problem on several machines. After running Windows Critical > Updates on Win > 2K SP 4 boxes as Domain Administrator, I logged off and logged into the > boxes' restricted domain user accounts--the accounts used by the > machines' > ordinary users. Windows lost the restricted domain user profile > and created > a new one. I saw this happen on three different machines. > > I was able to restore the original user's profile via a Registry > hack, and > I subsequently discovered that the problem doesn't happen if I shut down > the computer after doing the updates, cold boot it, and log into the > restricted user account. > > I did not see this the last time I did Critical Updates on a > machine--maybe > two months ago--so it's something in MS's patches in the last two months. > > Has anybody else seen this? > > Thanks. > > Ken Dibble > www.stic-cil.org > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
