Delete Users Roaming Profile

[legpeg2008]

Hello,

I need to delete a users roaming profile. There are some registry entries
that have been left behind from a poorly written GPO by a former
administrator. Can i just simply rename their current roaming profile folder
and when they log in the next time the system will recreate them a new one.
Doing this wont affect any folder redirection (all mydocsdesktop etc are
redirected to a different volume and path, but on the same server?

Thanks

Matt

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

legpeg2008 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to delete a users roaming profile. There are some registry
> entries that have been left behind from a poorly written GPO by a
> former administrator. Can i just simply rename their current roaming
> profile folder and when they log in the next time the system will
> recreate them a new one. Doing this wont affect any folder
> redirection (all mydocsdesktop etc are redirected to a different
> volume and path, but on the same server?
> Thanks
>
> Matt

Yes, you can do what you wish. But just for clarification, are you talking
about a Terminal Services profile or a roaming profile (for desktop users)?

 

[legpeg2008]

Yes It is a Terminal Services roaming profile. The problem I have is the
sites button is greyed out in internet explorer so the user cannot add their
own trusted sites. I have been through our group policy (which are in
loopback merge mode) and cannot see why this disabled. So my thinking is of
a last resort for deleting the profile and hoping that the users registry is
cleared along with the junk settings.

Thanks

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
wrote in message
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> legpeg2008 wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to delete a users roaming profile. There are some registry
>> entries that have been left behind from a poorly written GPO by a
>> former administrator. Can i just simply rename their current roaming
>> profile folder and when they log in the next time the system will
>> recreate them a new one. Doing this wont affect any folder
>> redirection (all mydocsdesktop etc are redirected to a different
>> volume and path, but on the same server?
>> Thanks
>>
>> Matt
>
> Yes, you can do what you wish. But just for clarification, are you talking
> about a Terminal Services profile or a roaming profile (for desktop
> users)?
>
>
>

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

[crossposted from m.p.windows.terminal_services]

legpeg2008 wrote:
> Yes It is a Terminal Services roaming profile.

OK. For future reference, I would avoid using the word "roaming" when you
mean a TS profile. It will merely confuse things. It's either a TS profile
or a roaming profile for desktop users.

> The problem I have is
> the sites button is greyed out in internet explorer so the user
> cannot add their own trusted sites. I have been through our group
> policy (which are in loopback merge mode) and cannot see why this
> disabled. So my thinking is of a last resort for deleting the profile
> and hoping that the users registry is cleared along with the junk
> settings.
> Thanks

That isn't going to help - I think you've got this set in a GPO somewhere. I
suggest you post in m.p.windows.group_policy for more help with this sort of
thing - I'm setting up my reply to crosspost there. Not sure where this
policy setting might live.

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> wrote in
> message news:u16QNolOKHA.5488@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> legpeg2008 wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I need to delete a users roaming profile. There are some registry
>>> entries that have been left behind from a poorly written GPO by a
>>> former administrator. Can i just simply rename their current roaming
>>> profile folder and when they log in the next time the system will
>>> recreate them a new one. Doing this wont affect any folder
>>> redirection (all mydocsdesktop etc are redirected to a different
>>> volume and path, but on the same server?
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Matt
>>
>> Yes, you can do what you wish. But just for clarification, are you
>> talking about a Terminal Services profile or a roaming profile (for
>> desktop users)?

 

[Robert Sudbury]

Regarding your ghosted IE buttons, hopefully I remember this correctly.

If you have a domain\GPO that explicitly defines sites trust level

- with IE6 on the client, these sites become explicit and cannot be altered,
including addition of other sites by users.

- with IE7, users can add to the site list, but not alter any of the
existing domain\GPO defined items.

.... or it's the other way around. 8)


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
wrote in message
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> [crossposted from m.p.windows.terminal_services]
>
> legpeg2008 wrote:
>> Yes It is a Terminal Services roaming profile.
>
> OK. For future reference, I would avoid using the word "roaming" when you
> mean a TS profile. It will merely confuse things. It's either a TS profile
> or a roaming profile for desktop users.
>
>> The problem I have is
>> the sites button is greyed out in internet explorer so the user
>> cannot add their own trusted sites. I have been through our group
>> policy (which are in loopback merge mode) and cannot see why this
>> disabled. So my thinking is of a last resort for deleting the profile
>> and hoping that the users registry is cleared along with the junk
>> settings.
>> Thanks
>
> That isn't going to help - I think you've got this set in a GPO somewhere.
> I suggest you post in m.p.windows.group_policy for more help with this
> sort of thing - I'm setting up my reply to crosspost there. Not sure where
> this policy setting might live.
>
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> wrote in
>> message news:u16QNolOKHA.5488@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> legpeg2008 wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I need to delete a users roaming profile. There are some registry
>>>> entries that have been left behind from a poorly written GPO by a
>>>> former administrator. Can i just simply rename their current roaming
>>>> profile folder and when they log in the next time the system will
>>>> recreate them a new one. Doing this wont affect any folder
>>>> redirection (all mydocsdesktop etc are redirected to a different
>>>> volume and path, but on the same server?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>
>>> Yes, you can do what you wish. But just for clarification, are you
>>> talking about a Terminal Services profile or a roaming profile (for
>>> desktop users)?
>
>
>
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