"Bob" <86c6c2e6-2146512712@news.postalias> wrote in message
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>I discovered today that the Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tool "DelProf.exe"
>will fail to properly delete Vista user profiles and will display message
>"Failed - Access is denied".
>
> The tool will however delete the users profile found at C:\Users,  but it
> fails to delete the corresponding registry key at
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-21
>
>
> This results in the following message when the Vista user attempts to log
> on: "Your user profile was not loaded correctly. You have been logged on
> with a temporary profile".  And this of course results in the user loosing
> access to their Documents and Desktop.
>
> I found this out the hard way when an automated script ran to clean up all
> the XP and Vista workstation profiles this weekend and I'm still cleaning
> up the registry mess on all the Vista machines.
>
> Anyone at Microsoft going to come out with an emergency patch to
> DelProf.exe so as to save the next hapless Administrator?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ---
> Bob
>

> Yes, I see that it isn't supported.  But there are lots of things that
> aren't supported on Vista that either work or don't.
>
> DelProf on the other hand damages the Vista profile and therefore
> Microsoft should not simply walk away from it saying that it isn't
> supported.
>
> Microsoft should consider this a serious problem as it could shutdown
> an entire business if the tool is used in a script as I have done.  In
> my case, I only have four Vista machines, so the impact was minimal.
> But God help some other business that has hundreds of Vista machines
> and DelProf runs against those.
>
> What I would like to see is Microsoft reengineer the DelProf.exe to
> either run on Vista or not. But to leave it as is, is just looking for
> trouble and frankly irresponsible of Microsoft if they don't fix it.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts though!
>
> Bob.
>

"Bob" <86c6c2e6-2146512712@news.postalias> wrote in message
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> Yes, I see that it isn't supported.  But there are lots of things that
> aren't supported on Vista that either work or don't.
>
> DelProf on the other hand damages the Vista profile and therefore
> Microsoft should not simply walk away from it saying that it isn't
> supported.
>
> Microsoft should consider this a serious problem as it could shutdown an
> entire business if the tool is used in a script as I have done.  In my
> case, I only have four Vista machines, so the impact was minimal.  But God
> help some other business that has hundreds of Vista machines and DelProf
> runs against those.
>
> What I would like to see is Microsoft reengineer the DelProf.exe to either
> run on Vista or not. But to leave it as is, is just looking for trouble
> and frankly irresponsible of Microsoft if they don't fix it.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts though!
>
> Bob.