Re: Active Directory user goes corrupt

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

> How did that happen? And what am I to do? These are the questions on my
> head.  In the main time I have created another user for him and I am going
> through the pain of transferring giving him privileges to what he should
> have access to.
It happens on occassion. Usually, I find the profile is corrupted
locally, so deleteing the profile on the local computer is sufficient
(it will be recreated next time he/she logs in). Occassionally, I find
the profile is corrupt on the server, and one of two fixes work: (1)
restore the profile from backup, or (2) delete and then recreate the
user. If you take option (2), give the directory time to replicate
changes between the delete and recreation - usually 15 minutes is
sufficient.

Jeff

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Peter Odigie <peterodigie () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> I am new to active directory and I am presently managing one in a firm. A
> staff comes to me and says his desktop contents are no longer there and with
> his login he cannot open packages on the his system.  Initially, I thought
> it was his computer but after I logged in with my own user and he tried
> logging into the domain on other computers he had the same problem. It seems
> his user profile on the server (Windows Server 2003) has gone corrupt.
>
> How did that happen? And what am I to do? These are the questions on my
> head.  In the main time I have created another user for him and I am going
> through the pain of transferring giving him privileges to what he should
> have access to.  Any help?
>
> Also, I will like a recommendation of where I can get some free books on
> Active directory management.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
> [SNIP]

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