A single corrupt profile does not necessarily indicate a corrupt Active Directory. Some pointers - O'reilly has a book called the Active Directory Cookbook - it's good. In the meantime, his profile can become corrupt if he has rights to change things, settings, download and install, etc. Be sure his user only has rights to do what he needs to do - nothing more. You may also want to investigate making his user profile "mandatory" as well as try to pull as many settings and control of his environment back in to AD policies giving you more centralized control over users' settings.
As I don't know any details of your environment, the above are just suggestions...
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Peter J. Setlak
petersetlak (at) me (dot) com [email concealed]
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On Aug 17, 2010, at 6:10 AM, Peter Odigie <peterodigie (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> I am new to active directory and I am presently managing one in a firm. A
> staff comes to me and says his desktop contents are no longer there and wit
> his login he cannot open packages on the his system. Initially, I thought
> it was his computer but after I logged in with my own user and he tried
> logging into the domain on other computers he had the same problem. It seems
> his user profile on the server (Windows Server 2003) has gone corrupt.
>
> How did that happen? And what am I to do? These are the questions on my
> head. In the main time I have created another user for him and I am going
> through the pain of transferring giving him privileges to what he should
> have access to. Any help?
>
> Also, I will like a recommendation of where I can get some free books on
> Active directory management.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
>
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A single corrupt profile does not necessarily indicate a corrupt Active Directory. Some pointers - O'reilly has a book called the Active Directory Cookbook - it's good. In the meantime, his profile can become corrupt if he has rights to change things, settings, download and install, etc. Be sure his user only has rights to do what he needs to do - nothing more. You may also want to investigate making his user profile "mandatory" as well as try to pull as many settings and control of his environment back in to AD policies giving you more centralized control over users' settings.
As I don't know any details of your environment, the above are just suggestions...
-
Peter J. Setlak
petersetlak (at) me (dot) com [email concealed]
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 17, 2010, at 6:10 AM, Peter Odigie <peterodigie (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> I am new to active directory and I am presently managing one in a firm. A
> staff comes to me and says his desktop contents are no longer there and wit
> his login he cannot open packages on the his system. Initially, I thought
> it was his computer but after I logged in with my own user and he tried
> logging into the domain on other computers he had the same problem. It seems
> his user profile on the server (Windows Server 2003) has gone corrupt.
>
> How did that happen? And what am I to do? These are the questions on my
> head. In the main time I have created another user for him and I am going
> through the pain of transferring giving him privileges to what he should
> have access to. Any help?
>
> Also, I will like a recommendation of where I can get some free books on
> Active directory management.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Securing Apache Web Server with thawte Digital Certificate
> In this guide we examine the importance of Apache-SSL and who needs an SSL certificate. We look at how SSL works, how it benefits your company and how your customers can tell if a site is secure. You will find out how to test, purchase, install and use a thawte Digital Certificate on your Apache web server. Throughout, best practices for set-up are highlighted to help you ensure efficient ongoing management of your encryption keys and digital certificates.
>
> http://www.dinclinx.com/Redirect.aspx?36;4175;25;1371;0;5;946;e13b6be442
f727d1
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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