Can you remove one of these machines from the domain and add to work group - rebooted and add it back to the domain. Will the profile appear then?
-----Original Message----- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: 02 September 2009 15:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates Nothing fancy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damien Solodow" <damien.solo...@harrison.edu> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: RE: User Profile missing after windows updates Do you have a desktop group that runs routine/automated maintenance tasks? I've had something similar happen before when a quarterly cleanup script got inadvertently run on some staff machines in addition to student. -----Original Message----- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates I think I am going to cut my loses. 10 machines out of 450. All 10 are up from replacement this month anyways. I think they just got moved to the front of the class. Still would like to know what's up. I will take a look at their events when I get them down here for reghost. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Rankin" <kz2...@googlemail.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:58 AM Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates I think the original post mentioned they were disabled....looks pretty bad I once had a WSUS GPO go all funky on me and for some reason the computers went "running home to mama" and immediately started downloading and installing all sorts of stuff from Windows Update. long shot but might be worth checking the Auto Updates settings in the registry. 2009/9/2 Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com>: > See if there's a system restore point you can roll back to. > > -sc > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:55 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates >> >> Actually no. Different building. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Stovall" <rich...@gmail.com> >> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:51 AM >> Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates >> >> >> Not to go all conspiracy-theory-crazy or anything, but are the >> affected folks in the same department that had the suspected fraud the >> other day? >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:48 AM, David W. McSpadden<dav...@imcu.com> >> wrote: >> > Not hidden. >> > Just gone. >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Rankin" >> <kz2...@googlemail.com> >> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:47 AM >> > Subject: Re: User Profile missing after windows updates >> > >> > >> > If the data isn't in the profile folder any more, then it looks >> pretty >> > bleak. The ACLs on the folder itself haven't been reset have they, > or >> > the folder hasn't been set to hidden or something? Maybe the files >> > just can't be seen.... >> > >> > People rely on their profiles so much these days, which is why I >> > implemented mandatory profiles with customisations imported in from >> > server shares at logon. >> > >> > 2009/9/2 David W. McSpadden <dav...@imcu.com>: >> >> >> >> No temp. Her data gone. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Bob Fronk >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:29 AM >> >> Subject: RE: User Profile missing after windows updates >> >> >> >> 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:dav...@imcu.com] >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put >> > into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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