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I have a laptop on XP SP2 and it deletes my profile every time I reboot it.
I am on corporate domain but my profile is not setup as roaming. I did a
system restore from a month ago and my profile was there afterward but once
I rebooted it was gone again. Has anyone seen this before? I really don't
have time to rebuild the whole system and would like to get the restore to
stick. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
 
Guffey, Warren wrote:
> I have a laptop on XP SP2 and it deletes my profile every time I
> reboot it. I am on corporate domain but my profile is not setup as
> roaming. I did a system restore from a month ago and my profile was
> there afterward but once I rebooted it was gone again. Has anyone
> seen this before? I really don't have time to rebuild the whole
> system and would like to get the restore to stick. Any help or
> advice would be appreciated.

What happens if you utilize the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" to
export your profile, you create a new profile on the machine and then import
that profile in and then reboot - using the new profile?

(Just curious.)

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"Guffey, Warren" <wguffey@modernfold.com> wrote in message
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>I have a laptop on XP SP2 and it deletes my profile every time I reboot it.
>I am on corporate domain but my profile is not setup as roaming. I did a
>system restore from a month ago and my profile was there afterward but once
>I rebooted it was gone again. Has anyone seen this before? I really don't
>have time to rebuild the whole system and would like to get the restore to
>stick. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

IIRC you've asked this before. What does your IT group say? If there is
a problem with your system, they are the first line of support.

Is your profile a member of the Guest group?

HTH
-pk
 
"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
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> "Guffey, Warren" <wguffey@modernfold.com> wrote in message
> news:75E2EC78-7680-4CF2-AD19-79975744E6A2@microsoft.com...
>>I have a laptop on XP SP2 and it deletes my profile every time I reboot
>>it. I am on corporate domain but my profile is not setup as roaming. I did
>>a system restore from a month ago and my profile was there afterward but
>>once I rebooted it was gone again. Has anyone seen this before? I really
>>don't have time to rebuild the whole system and would like to get the
>>restore to stick. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
>
> IIRC you've asked this before. What does your IT group say? If there
> is a problem with your system, they are the first line of support.
>
> Is your profile a member of the Guest group?
>
> HTH
> -pk
>

I am the IT group.

I am not a member of the Guest group.
 
Before you reboot, copy the profile to a new user ID.
811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

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"Guffey, Warren" <wguffey@modernfold.com> wrote in message
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> I am the IT group.
>
> I am not a member of the Guest group.
 
This seems to be geared more toward local accounts and I am dealing with a
domain account. I will try it just for testing purposes after I complete a
couple of other tests.


"Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvp@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Before you reboot, copy the profile to a new user ID.
> 811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
> e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
> .
> "Guffey, Warren" <wguffey@modernfold.com> wrote in message
> news:3809471A-7147-42AD-B48A-5B97745A4C9B@microsoft.com...
>> I am the IT group.
>>
>> I am not a member of the Guest group.
>
>
 
This actually worked. I did the system restore, used the wizard to export,
rebooted and therefore recreating my profile, used the wizard to import,
rebooted and everything was fine.


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Guffey, Warren wrote:
>> I have a laptop on XP SP2 and it deletes my profile every time I
>> reboot it. I am on corporate domain but my profile is not setup as
>> roaming. I did a system restore from a month ago and my profile was
>> there afterward but once I rebooted it was gone again. Has anyone
>> seen this before? I really don't have time to rebuild the whole
>> system and would like to get the restore to stick. Any help or
>> advice would be appreciated.
>
> What happens if you utilize the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" to
> export your profile, you create a new profile on the machine and then
> import that profile in and then reboot - using the new profile?
>
> (Just curious.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
 
Problem has been resolved. Thanks to everyone for the ideas and
contributions.


"Guffey, Warren" <wguffey@modernfold.com> wrote in message
news:75E2EC78-7680-4CF2-AD19-79975744E6A2@microsoft.com...
>I have a laptop on XP SP2 and it deletes my profile every time I reboot it.
>I am on corporate domain but my profile is not setup as roaming. I did a
>system restore from a month ago and my profile was there afterward but once
>I rebooted it was gone again. Has anyone seen this before? I really don't
>have time to rebuild the whole system and would like to get the restore to
>stick. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
 
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