"duplicate" files under Documents and Settings

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After performing a fresh install of W2K Pro and loading a few applications, I
found the following folders under Documents and Settings:

1) Administrator
2) Administrator.PT109 (PT109 is the name of the computer).

I've seen this occur with user logins but not with the Administrator login.
I'd greatly appreciate any info as to the cause and resolution of this
occurance.
 
[email protected] said:
After performing a fresh install of W2K Pro and loading a few applications, I
found the following folders under Documents and Settings:

1) Administrator
2) Administrator.PT109 (PT109 is the name of the computer).

I've seen this occur with user logins but not with the Administrator login.
I'd greatly appreciate any info as to the cause and resolution of this
occurance.
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For some reason Windows created two profile folders for the
Administrator account. To see which one is current, log on as
administrator, then do this:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command:
echo %UserProfile%{Enter}
If you're sure that you have no personal files in the other profile
folder then you can delete it.
 
This is normal and expected behavior. On a newly-joined-to-the-domain PC if
you logon to the pc first, then to the domain you would end up with two
profiles.
%username%
and
%username%.%userdomain%
Else if you logon to the domain first, then to the pc you would end up with
%username%
and
%username%.%computername%

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
It sounds like that the user profile is not being unloaded at logoff or
remins locked. Does this happen on a cold reboot (system off, restart
computer,login) or only happenind when using the Log Off Start Menu option
and logging in.

Did you install the User Profile Hive Cleanup tool? UPHClean?

zebramanben said:
i have a similar problem but not on a new workstation. I have seen it on a
couple pc's but one in particular has done it twice. When the user logs
in,
a duplicate profile is created under documents and settings with the same
name but with a .xyz extension....???

here is what i currently have under doc's and set's
Teller3
Teller3.SSB
Teller3.SSB.000

when this happens, the user calls and says all of their custom
shortcuts(icons) have disappeared, favorites and their email doesn't work,
internet connection wizard comes up...its a real pain in the neck.

i have tried logging in as admin and deleted the new profile but when i
log
in as user again windows or something recreates it.

Dave Patrick said:
This is normal and expected behavior. On a newly-joined-to-the-domain PC
if
you logon to the pc first, then to the domain you would end up with two
profiles.
%username%
and
%username%.%userdomain%
Else if you logon to the domain first, then to the pc you would end up
with
%username%
and
%username%.%computername%

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

[email protected] said:
After performing a fresh install of W2K Pro and loading a few
applications, I
found the following folders under Documents and Settings:

1) Administrator
2) Administrator.PT109 (PT109 is the name of the computer).

I've seen this occur with user logins but not with the Administrator
login.
I'd greatly appreciate any info as to the cause and resolution of this
occurance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It can be caused by a Corrupt user profile or by insufficient
permissions on the profile folder. When the user logs on to the machine
the system authenticates the user name and password but the user profile
is corrupt so Windows allows the authenticated user to log on and
creates a new user profile for the user from the Default User settings,
to replace the corrupt profile, and renames them as you see. The same
thing can also happen if the user has had his/her permissions removed on
the profile folder or on the Documents and Settings folder. See here
for more information:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314045&sd=tech

John
i have a similar problem but not on a new workstation. I have seen it on a
couple pc's but one in particular has done it twice. When the user logs in,
a duplicate profile is created under documents and settings with the same
name but with a .xyz extension....???

here is what i currently have under doc's and set's
Teller3
Teller3.SSB
Teller3.SSB.000

when this happens, the user calls and says all of their custom
shortcuts(icons) have disappeared, favorites and their email doesn't work,
internet connection wizard comes up...its a real pain in the neck.

i have tried logging in as admin and deleted the new profile but when i log
in as user again windows or something recreates it.

:

This is normal and expected behavior. On a newly-joined-to-the-domain PC if
you logon to the pc first, then to the domain you would end up with two
profiles.
%username%
and
%username%.%userdomain%
Else if you logon to the domain first, then to the pc you would end up with
%username%
and
%username%.%computername%

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

[email protected] said:
After performing a fresh install of W2K Pro and loading a few
applications, I
found the following folders under Documents and Settings:

1) Administrator
2) Administrator.PT109 (PT109 is the name of the computer).

I've seen this occur with user logins but not with the Administrator
login.
I'd greatly appreciate any info as to the cause and resolution of this
occurance.
Click to expand...
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Click to expand...
 
You're welcome.

John
thanks for the quick reply and the link to the MS solution. i tried
searching there but didn't know how to describe my problem.

thanks again
Ben

:

It can be caused by a Corrupt user profile or by insufficient
permissions on the profile folder. When the user logs on to the machine
the system authenticates the user name and password but the user profile
is corrupt so Windows allows the authenticated user to log on and
creates a new user profile for the user from the Default User settings,
to replace the corrupt profile, and renames them as you see. The same
thing can also happen if the user has had his/her permissions removed on
the profile folder or on the Documents and Settings folder. See here
for more information:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314045&sd=tech

John

zebramanben wrote:

i have a similar problem but not on a new workstation. I have seen it on a
couple pc's but one in particular has done it twice. When the user logs in,
a duplicate profile is created under documents and settings with the same
name but with a .xyz extension....???

here is what i currently have under doc's and set's
Teller3
Teller3.SSB
Teller3.SSB.000

when this happens, the user calls and says all of their custom
shortcuts(icons) have disappeared, favorites and their email doesn't work,
internet connection wizard comes up...its a real pain in the neck.

i have tried logging in as admin and deleted the new profile but when i log
in as user again windows or something recreates it.

:



This is normal and expected behavior. On a newly-joined-to-the-domain PC if
you logon to the pc first, then to the domain you would end up with two
profiles.
%username%
and
%username%.%userdomain%
Else if you logon to the domain first, then to the pc you would end up with
%username%
and
%username%.%computername%

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:


After performing a fresh install of W2K Pro and loading a few
applications, I
found the following folders under Documents and Settings:

1) Administrator
2) Administrator.PT109 (PT109 is the name of the computer).

I've seen this occur with user logins but not with the Administrator
login.
I'd greatly appreciate any info as to the cause and resolution of this
occurance.
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