Re: error ID 1517 source Userenv

From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:12:58 -0700

mgm wrote:

> How is this corrected?
> error log:
> Details
> Product: Windows Operating System
> ID: 1517
> Source: Userenv
> Version: 5.2
> Symbolic Name: EVENT_HIVE_SAVED
> Message: Windows saved user %1 registry while an application or
> service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the
> user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is
> no longer in use.
>
> This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
> configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService
> account.
>
> Explanation
> Windows unloads each user's profile and user's section of the registry
> when the user logs off. This message indicates that Windows could not unload
> the user's profile because a program was referencing the user's section of
> the registry. This locked the profile. The registry cannot unload profiles
> that are locked and in use. When the program that is locking the profile is
> no longer referencing the registry, the profile will be unloaded.
>
>
> User Action
> No user action is required

Install the User Profile Hive Clean Up Utility. Here is a link for it:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

Here is a MS knowledge base article discussing the issue:

Troubleshooting profile unload issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=837115

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