I have just inherited an existing W2K single domain network at a school and am having problems with the XP Pro workstations in a computer lab. The user folders on the workstations were deleted prior to school starting, and since then, only admin level accounts (both local and domain)can logon without getting an error message- Unable to load user profile, loading default profile – I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist of it.
I did not do the cleanup, so I am not sure what all was deleted, but I need for students to logon using their domain credentials.
I’ve tried several things with no success – a profile hive repair tool from Microsoft, copying the contents of a working profile into the all users profile, deleting all local accounts & profiles except the admin account, and no joy. Any ideas?
Also, these systems have some sort of additional lock down toys installed – additional to the local policy that is – and I am suspicious that the prior admin might have used poledit (if it’s even possible)as it was used on other machines on the network. The other machines are Win98 – but the XP machines have other aps loaded that are for 98, and the previous admin was even more unfamiliar with XP than myself – so go know…
Anyway, is there a poledit available for XP – and how do I get to it so I can unlock a pc?
Ack! All I know is that documentation is a terrible thing to lack!
Thanks for any help with either question!