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by ryman2

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I have a Win2k workstation that is logging into a Novell 4.11 server, no NT/2000 servers other then 1 NT4 for DHCP. We are using User and Workstation policy packages through ZenWorks. I am noticing on occassion (not every time) that when I login I am getting multiple profiles created on the local machine. When checking C:\Documents and Settings\ I see folders such as \Administrator \Administrator.000 \Administrator.. This happens to all users I login to the machine with, not just administrator. I am not sure if this is an issue with just Microsoft or ZenWorks, but I have reinstalled ZenWorks on all servers, and deleted and recreated my user and workstation policy objects. Does anyone know how to prevent the multiple profiles from coming being created?

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by curacao_dejavu

it's MS issue. You will get see that when for example you have a local administrator and a domain administrator account and both log in on that pc. Altough the name administrator is the same windows consider them as 2 seperate accounts (as it shouldbe), since one is local- and the other a domainaccount. Also when the profile gets corrupted for one reason or another windows will creat aanother profile for that account.

regards,

Leopold

by curacao_dejavu

note: if you have that too many times, it could be a indication that there is something wrong with that pc or the network (segment) where the pc is located , or that the users don't logg off properly)

by ryman2

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But as I mentioned, other then our DHCP server, we have no NT servers at all and I have never used our DHCP Administrator login to login to my Win2k Pro machine at all... so I have a hard time believing that. The comment that the user didn't log off properly may be something to look that but the next time the user logs in there are 3 profiles created.

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