{"id":470834,"date":"2010-03-25T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652419620964346731.post-1188649591001644635"},"modified":"2010-03-25T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T07:00:00","slug":"temporary-profile-loaded-on-windows-2008-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/470834","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Profile Loaded On Windows 2008 Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ran into a little issue lately. For some reason, whenever our two Help Desk guys would log into either of our two Exchange 2007 servers their regular profile would not load. Instead a temporary profile would be loaded instead. WTF?<\/p>\n

I have seen similar things like this happen in Windows Server 2003, usually due to low disk space. I have also seen this happen in Windows XP due to corrupt profiles, but never for no clear and apparent reason. First I thought all I needed to do was reboot the servers, and delete the temp profiles in C:\\users\\ but that did not fix it at all. Nope, when they logged in they continued to received the following pop-up message in their system tray:<\/p>\n

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Your user profile was not loaded correctly! You have been logged on with a temporary profile.
Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off. Please see the event log for details or contact your administrator.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"pop-up\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Credit goes to Eric, my coworker who found the fix in Microsoft\u2019s knowledgebase article KB947242<\/a>. This is something that normally happens in Vista-Based systems. When this happens, you will see the following appear in your event logs:<\/p>\n

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Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service
Date: Date<\/var>
Event ID: 1511
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: User<\/var>
Computer: Computer<\/var>
Description:
Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The fix is actually pretty easy, and requires only that an Administrator is logged in with a profile that is not experiencing this issue. All you have to do are these five easy steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Backup all of the data in the affected user\u2019s profile, and delete it. The user\u2019s profile can be found in %systemdrive%\\users\\username<\/strong>. This may require a reboot before you can delete this<\/span>.<\/span> <\/li>\n
  2. Click Start > Run ><\/strong> type in regedit<\/strong> and click OK <\/strong>to open the registry editor<\/span> <\/li>\n
  3. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList<\/strong><\/span> <\/li>\n
  4. Locate any subkeys named SID<\/em>.bak<\/strong> (See screenshot) and delete them<\/span>\n

    \"registry\"<\/a> <\/li>\n

  5. Close out of the registry editor and log out<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now have the affected user login, and everything should be good to go!<\/p>\n

    Technorati Tags: temporary<\/a>,profile<\/a>,loaded<\/a>,windows<\/a>,server<\/a>,2008<\/a>,vista<\/a><\/div>\n


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