Restoring profile when user has power user rights

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marcus.schaetzle

Hello,

I have a question regarding the thread "Lost profile when domain name
changes"
in http://groups.google.com/groups?th=262e40881c856d53
It was about restoring a user profile when the old SID turned out
useless because the PC had been logged into a new or reinstalled
server.
The suggestion was to point the new SID to the old profile via
changing the ProfileImagePath from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
This works fine if the user had administrator rights.
But even after reading additional threads and articles in Newsgroups
and the Microsoft Knowledge Base I don't get it if it is possible for
a user who had power user rights.
I tried to access the old profile with power user rights, but
couldn't. After I gave it administrator rights, I could access the
profile. But if I switch the user rights back to power user, I can't
access the profile again and a new one is created again, for example
user.001

Probably I have to set something before, maybe I got mixed up after
reading a lot about the SID... Sorry for this rather Newbie
question...

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Marcus
 
Hello,

I have a question regarding the thread "Lost profile when domain name
changes"
in http://groups.google.com/groups?th=262e40881c856d53
It was about restoring a user profile when the old SID turned out
useless because the PC had been logged into a new or reinstalled
server.
The suggestion was to point the new SID to the old profile via
changing the ProfileImagePath from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
This works fine if the user had administrator rights.
But even after reading additional threads and articles in Newsgroups
and the Microsoft Knowledge Base I don't get it if it is possible for
a user who had power user rights.
I tried to access the old profile with power user rights, but
couldn't. After I gave it administrator rights, I could access the
profile. But if I switch the user rights back to power user, I can't
access the profile again and a new one is created again, for example
user.001

Probably I have to set something before, maybe I got mixed up after
reading a lot about the SID... Sorry for this rather Newbie
question...

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Marcus
Click to expand...

See tip 4631 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com
Use the registry editor to grant the user full control over their profile.
Also grant them Full control permenissions on their profile path folder,
sub-folders, and files.


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
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