Re: Extra User Folders/Profiles

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FYI; There are no local accounts on a domain controller.

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"Wes" wrote:
| If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to remove the domain
| administrator profile from the computer, leaving only the local
administrator
| profile (or vice versa)
|
| IMO, I recommend you leave them both there. The domain admin profile
| (%username%.%userdomain%) will be recreated anytime you login using the
| administrator account with Logon To: set to your domain. To avoid this,
do
| not logon to the domain. However, logging on locally may prevent you from
| managing your domain.
|
| I highly recommend against deleting the local administrator profile as
this
| can prevent you from logging on to the machine with admin rights if the
| domain is not available (I know its the DC) and can be essential when
| troubleshooting local machine problems.


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