Re: Profile won't save

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From: Sals Desai (sdd1397_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:24:27 -0500

Thank You, you were very close. The problem was the user was created as a
guest account in Active Directory so no matter what I did on the machine it
was always getting deleted. Thanks for the help Mark Ferguson, it helped me
solve the problem.

"Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvpREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23QOla3e5EHA.1564@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> It sounds like they are being forced to logon as 'guest'. There is a
policy
> setting to force that in XP. I don't know about the GPO.
>
> --
>
> Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
> marfers notes for windows xp
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
> .
> "Sals Desai" <sdd1397@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Oaza20E5EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >I have a new windows XP machine that was added to a 2003 SBS domain. Any
> > user that logs onto that machine makes changes to their setting, i.e.
> > background, home page... then logs off. If that user logs back one they
> > would not get thier profile, but a brand new one loads up.
> >
> > I log on as a domain admin and it saves my settings just fine. If i
brown
> > the documents and setttings folder I do not see any other users folder
> > except for the local admin login and the domain admin login. I have a
> > strong feeling it's something being pushed from the server as Group
> > policy,
> > but not exactly sure where to look. I have gone through all the policy
> > setting and was not able to find anything that might be it. What would
> > cause this behavior. Thanks
> >
> >
>
>

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