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User logged in with temporary profile

User logs into a domain-joined Windows 7 Pro PC and gets the temporary profile error pop-up. Event 1511 User Profile Service in Event Viewer logs. Typically with this problem I delete a user's registry key folder under…
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Windows profile is deleted when user does not log in for several days

We use a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory network with Windows 7 Professional clients. After logging in a profile gets created on the computer as normal with all the usual settings, such as the background image, certain preferences and…
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Application lockups when connected to domain network

We provide IT support for a small domain environment, (2008r2 domain, exchange 2010) around 12 users, most of with are mobile. We started getting complaints from the owner (its always the owner isn't it?) that he was getting frequent outlook…
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Migrate from old domain user profile to another profile under new trusted domain

i'm changing the domain from windows 2008R2 to samba4.2. now, is there any way to migrate the existing old domain user profile to new trusted domain in the fastest way? i did changing the registry profilelist. but windows 8.1 having error on group…
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Including default files and folders in User's home directory

I'm using ubuntu server 14.04. I want to include some default files and folders in home directory for every user, whenever a new user account is created. How to make this. Can anyone help me in this. Thanks in advance.
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User Profile modified dates don't match....what is the difference?

This question came up while I was investigating a server that randomly restarted last night. I was looking through the event logs to see if someone manually restarted the system, but nothing was identified. I went to C:\Users and there wasn't a…
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Production environment shared users

In all production environments I've seen there is a shared user owning the active production processes. The idea is that multiple real users can sudo as the shared prod user and do maintenance, including running or killing tasks. I find this…
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Copying default profile for new users fails with "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"

I've built a Windows 2012 R2 Standard x64 terminal server (session-based). Early in the setup process, I was able to log in with my Active Directory credentials, but when I turned it over for wider testing, only accounts that already had local…
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Windows server 2012 user/administrator missing programs

I have the weirdest thing with windows server i have ever encountered. When i log into the IIS server i have all my pined icons in the metro interface, my task bar pinned programs and my mapped shares in explorer. Than when a other user logs on (has…
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Accessing "My Recent Documents" hangs explorer

I noticed that accessing any "Recent" lists (in %HOME%\My Recent Documents and %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Office\Revcent) in Windows Explorer, explorer hangs - often for a long time. I've started digging around there, because profile sync with the DC is…
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How to delete active directory user profile from windows 8 enterprise 64-bit OS?

Can anyone help me how to delete active directory user profile in windows 8 enterprise 64-bit Operating System? I'm trying these steps to delete it but not getting any luck :(. "System Properties" -> "Advanced" -> "User Profiles" -> "Settings"…
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Linking terminal server profiles with roaming possible?

I'm having a hard time setting up a few roaming profiles. I've a user who uses our terminal server but we want him to start using his local computer on the domain. This part I know how to do. I've created a roaming profile, shared folders, etc. The…
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How to automatically change user folders location?

In a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory how can I make sure that each user open login have their Desktop, Documents, Links, Pictures, etc folders set to a shared private folder? For example, instead of the default C:\Users\\Documents…
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Relocating user Workstations home, No AD Access

We are closing one of our offices and I have to move a handful of workstations to our user's homes. Since AD is no longer reachable, I assume I have to dis-join them from the domain first? What will that do to the machine user profile? Or can I…
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Extracting Outlook part of Win 7 profile only

Where exactly are the Outlook configuration settings contained in a Windows 7 Office 2010 user profile? I want to move a user from Win 7 Office 2010 to Win 8 Office 2013 but rather than keep the whole user profile I would rather start with a new Win…
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