Delete domain user profile windows xp

Ensure that the user name is logged of, make sure there is another ADMIN user profile set, and then try to delete it. I'm having the same problem This is a procedure we do pretty much all the time and it works. A project I'm working on includes 10 brand new PC's. I create a "master" PC that is not a member of my domain.

Then, I ghost it. I write the ghost image to a fresh PC exact same machine as the "master" PC. Next, I run the sid changer utility and rename the PC at the same time.

AFter the reboot, I join it to the domain and finish with any folder ACLs that require domain rights for groups. This time around, after doing some initial testing as a computer lab user just logging on to test a program here and there I tried to delete that user profile so they would be created fresh. However, when trying to do so, both the "Copy To" and "Delete" buttons are disabled.

It doesn't matter if I logon as the local workstation administrator or the domain administrator or a member domain admins group. This is really bugging me because I swear I've read something abuot this about a year ago and it had to do with either roaming profiles or something in the local security policy that prevented accounts from deleting profiles. But, so far my searches have turned up empty handed for this problem. Let me add that I've logged in as a local admin, the domain admin, a username that's a domain admin If the user profile is setup to be a local admin of the PC, you cannot delete it.

It becomes "protected". To get around this, do the following: 1. Make sure there is at least one other local admin profile. If the account is a local Windows account, the user credentials still exist in the system and can be used to log in and create a new profile. Therefore a few additional steps should be taken in order to completely remove these credentials. Like Like. Thanks for your input. This article is targeted at AD-bound Windows computers using domain or local accounts, not Microsoft accounts.

However, most of this is still relevant to a Microsoft account login with the exception of the User Credential Removal section. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Check on each folder until you found the profile that you want to delete.

If only someone creates a script to wipeout all the profiles except administrator and default profile needs to be login as administrator. We use Delprof2. We actually have to run it twice, as some folders will randomly stay in a user's profile, even though they are empty.

A second run removes these files. You can add which accounts you do not want to delete. I use this script to delet old profiles, ECHO OFF echo echo echo Welcome to the User Profile Deletion tool, echo this tool is to only be used on common use echo Computers, to clear old profiles echo echo you will be prompted for approving offical echo This is the requestor of the profile wipe!

Yep, this is a good method of removing old profiles. Looking through the registry key is an added assurance that all old user profile related settings are gone. In rare occasions users create folders and store files directly off of the C: drive. Finding and deleting those is an extra step. Good information to know. We're always removing old profiles and recycling machines.

Thank you.