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by andrewras

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Why is it that sometimes when users have problems with their P.CS running NT4 and using roaming profiles. when the roaming profile is deleted from the server and local PC the problem goe away. how does the roaming profile become corrupt???

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by syscokid

A roaming profile can become corrupt in a number of ways, most notably if the workstation does not shut down cleanly or the user manually reboots during shutdown. Also bad clusters being copied from workstation to server or vice versa.

When you delete the profile from the server and workstation, a new default profile is created when the user next logs in. This profile is clean, hence the errors go away.

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