Possible two log-ons for one user?
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From: John John - MVP on 5 Jan 2010 07:17 First you would have to determine why a new profile was created and you would have to figure out why the system would be alternating between the profiles. What you describe is highly unusual, I kind of doubt that this is a profile issue per se, we will know more after we get the results from the set command. There are only two reasons why new profiles are created for existing users: 1- The user profile is corrupt and the user cannot logon using the corrupt profile so the system creates a new profile for the user. 2- The user lost his permissions on his profile, his read rights to his profile were revoked. Here again the system will create a new profile for the user. John Jorge Cervantes wrote: > BTW, if there are indeed different profiles, how can I delete one profile? > Jorge > > > > "John John - MVP" <audetweld(a)nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:OT0OWAajKHA.3792(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Jorge Cervantes wrote: >>> I boot WinXP Pro with a password. I am the only user and also the >>> Administrator with the same password. >>> It now looks like that there are two users (i.e., two logons). The >>> reason is that when I log on the windows, I get A screen. When I reboot >>> the computer later, I get B screen. Both A and B screens are very >>> similar but two desktop icons are missing in one of the screens. I am >>> quite puzzled about this observation. My question is how to confirm that >>> there are two users (or logons) for one person, and if so, how to get rid >>> of one of the two logons. >> They would have a different profile folder. To verify this you can use >> the SET USER command at the Command Prompt. Issue the command under both >> logons and compare the results. To make it easier to compare the results >> you can redirect the output of the command to a text file: >> >> set user >>c:\user.txt >> >> John >> > >
From: Tim Meddick on 5 Jan 2010 18:54
Jorge, type ("copy and paste") the following into your "Run" box on the Start Menu : c:\windows\system32\lusrmgr.msc .....and press [ok] - This should bring up the "Local Users and Groups" console. From here, you can see all the profiles currently set up on your XP installation. This includes "hidden" accounts. It could be that installing "Total Commander" has configured .Net Framework. When .Net Framework is configured, it causes a new "hidden" profile called "ASPINET" to be created. This has the "knock-on" effect of making a PC with only one profile and no password, that used to boot straight into Windows with no logon, to then begin to stop at the "Welcome" screen. You can override this effect, whether caused in the way described above or in some other way, by downloading and using this tiny Microsoft utility called "AutoLogon" Download "AutoLogon" by clicking on the link below : http://live.sysinternals.com/Autologon.exe == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Jorge Cervantes" <machocraig(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e1%2364uZjKHA.1420(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I boot WinXP Pro with a password. I am the only user and also the Administrator >with the same password. > It now looks like that there are two users (i.e., two logons). The reason is that > when I log on the windows, I get A screen. When I reboot the computer later, I > get B screen. Both A and B screens are very similar but two desktop icons are > missing in one of the screens. I am quite puzzled about this observation. My > question is how to confirm that there are two users (or logons) for one person, and > if so, how to get rid of one of the two logons. > Jorge > > > |