Reset Roaming Profile

I have a win2000 pc that had trojans on it. I finally formatted the pc to get
rid of it - or so I thought. there must be something in the users roaming
profile because even after formatting and re-installing win2000 IE still
opens to advertising sites upon login by the user. This also happens when the
user logs in on any pc. How do I re-set the roaming profile or what do I do?
Thanks.

Collect the files from the profile that are needed (My Documents, Browser
Favorites, etc). Then dump the profile and reconfigure any other part of the
profile manually afer creating a fresh one.

You may need to scan the server that contained the profile since it may have
been infected too.


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Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:26A6FF46-A1AA-4112-9C32-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a win2000 pc that had trojans on it. I finally formatted the pc to
>get
> rid of it - or so I thought. there must be something in the users roaming
> profile because even after formatting and re-installing win2000 IE still
> opens to advertising sites upon login by the user. This also happens when
> the
> user logs in on any pc. How do I re-set the roaming profile or what do I
> do?
> Thanks.

I see where to delete the profile - there is nothing the user can't do
without. But how do I re-create it? Will it just happen when they login?

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> Collect the files from the profile that are needed (My Documents, Browser
> Favorites, etc). Then dump the profile and reconfigure any other part of the
> profile manually afer creating a fresh one.
>
> You may need to scan the server that contained the profile since it may have
> been infected too.
>
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> "Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:26A6FF46-A1AA-4112-9C32-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a win2000 pc that had trojans on it. I finally formatted the pc to
> >get
> > rid of it - or so I thought. there must be something in the users roaming
> > profile because even after formatting and re-installing win2000 IE still
> > opens to advertising sites upon login by the user. This also happens when
> > the
> > user logs in on any pc. How do I re-set the roaming profile or what do I
> > do?
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

"Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:53E29795-A383-48B4-B6CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I see where to delete the profile - there is nothing the user can't do
> without. But how do I re-create it? Will it just happen when they login?

Dump it on both the Server and the local machine. Just becuase the Profile
is roaming doesn't mean there isn't one locally. You have to dump their
profile on every machine they have used and the Master Profile on the
Server, and you can't have them logging on the anything while you are doing
that (disable their account temporarily). Then have them log in to one
machine (any machine) and it will create a local profile on that machine and
then will copy it to the Server. When they log onto other machines after
that it will copy from the Master to the local.


--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

Thanks, I will let you know how it goes.

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> "Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:53E29795-A383-48B4-B6CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I see where to delete the profile - there is nothing the user can't do
> > without. But how do I re-create it? Will it just happen when they login?
>
> Dump it on both the Server and the local machine. Just becuase the Profile
> is roaming doesn't mean there isn't one locally. You have to dump their
> profile on every machine they have used and the Master Profile on the
> Server, and you can't have them logging on the anything while you are doing
> that (disable their account temporarily). Then have them log in to one
> machine (any machine) and it will create a local profile on that machine and
> then will copy it to the Server. When they log onto other machines after
> that it will copy from the Master to the local.
>
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>

I deleted the profile on the server and the local machine. Then I logged on
as the user. Now when I log off it says it can't update the roaming profile -
access is denied. What is the problem? Thanks.

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> "Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:53E29795-A383-48B4-B6CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I see where to delete the profile - there is nothing the user can't do
> > without. But how do I re-create it? Will it just happen when they login?
>
> Dump it on both the Server and the local machine. Just becuase the Profile
> is roaming doesn't mean there isn't one locally. You have to dump their
> profile on every machine they have used and the Master Profile on the
> Server, and you can't have them logging on the anything while you are doing
> that (disable their account temporarily). Then have them log in to one
> machine (any machine) and it will create a local profile on that machine and
> then will copy it to the Server. When they log onto other machines after
> that it will copy from the Master to the local.
>
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>

I don't know. I refuse to use Roaming Profiles because of all the mindless
nonsense they create. You probably deleted the user's Root folder on the
Server that had the NTFS Permissions set.

I can't help you any deeper with Roaming Profiles.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

"Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:505461FB-42AF-4675-BA8B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I deleted the profile on the server and the local machine. Then I logged on
> as the user. Now when I log off it says it can't update the roaming
> profile -
> access is denied. What is the problem? Thanks.
>
> "Phillip Windell" wrote:
>
>> "Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:53E29795-A383-48B4-B6CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I see where to delete the profile - there is nothing the user can't do
>> > without. But how do I re-create it? Will it just happen when they
>> > login?
>>
>> Dump it on both the Server and the local machine. Just becuase the
>> Profile
>> is roaming doesn't mean there isn't one locally. You have to dump their
>> profile on every machine they have used and the Master Profile on the
>> Server, and you can't have them logging on the anything while you are
>> doing
>> that (disable their account temporarily). Then have them log in to one
>> machine (any machine) and it will create a local profile on that machine
>> and
>> then will copy it to the Server. When they log onto other machines after
>> that it will copy from the Master to the local.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Phillip Windell
>> www.wandtv.com
>>
>> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
>> Microsoft,
>> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>

Sounds like an acess rights issue. Check the access rights to the profile
path for the user on the server.

Bill

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> I don't know. I refuse to use Roaming Profiles because of all the mindless
> nonsense they create. You probably deleted the user's Root folder on the
> Server that had the NTFS Permissions set.
>
> I can't help you any deeper with Roaming Profiles.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> "Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:505461FB-42AF-4675-BA8B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I deleted the profile on the server and the local machine. Then I logged on
> > as the user. Now when I log off it says it can't update the roaming
> > profile -
> > access is denied. What is the problem? Thanks.
> >
> > "Phillip Windell" wrote:
> >
> >> "Rhea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:53E29795-A383-48B4-B6CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I see where to delete the profile - there is nothing the user can't do
> >> > without. But how do I re-create it? Will it just happen when they
> >> > login?
> >>
> >> Dump it on both the Server and the local machine. Just becuase the
> >> Profile
> >> is roaming doesn't mean there isn't one locally. You have to dump their
> >> profile on every machine they have used and the Master Profile on the
> >> Server, and you can't have them logging on the anything while you are
> >> doing
> >> that (disable their account temporarily). Then have them log in to one
> >> machine (any machine) and it will create a local profile on that machine
> >> and
> >> then will copy it to the Server. When they log onto other machines after
> >> that it will copy from the Master to the local.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Phillip Windell
> >> www.wandtv.com
> >>
> >> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> >> Microsoft,
> >> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> >> -----------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>