Does anyone know what causes Windows XP to says it's creating a new user
profile and wipes out all icons. This happens periodically to computers on
our district and we have been unable to figure out why?

Any help is appreciated.

District - ? Do you mean a Domain based network ( Sever handles the
login and policy control ).

Generally when a new profile is created it is an inability to open and use
the pre-existing User Hive. (NTUser.Dat). Corruption can happen in a
number of ways. If the network is domain based and this happens on a
number of client computers the issue may point to the server.

The icons you mention are because a new profile is created from the
template or "Default User" profile. Usually this isn't customized to show
any individual setups.

You should review the System Event log on the client machines and see
what if any errors ( & Event IDs ) are being logged. Usually this is a key
way to run down issues like this.

"Sprowler" <Sprowler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what causes Windows XP to says it's creating a new user
> profile and wipes out all icons. This happens periodically to computers
> on
> our district and we have been unable to figure out why?
>
> Any help is appreciated.

I work in the tech dept of a school district. I handle mainly programs, but
the issue has plagued us for some time. I thought I would try to get some
advice out here.

It is a networked computer and it seems to happen to a select group. But
when it does happen, all get worked up. Thanks.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> District - ? Do you mean a Domain based network ( Sever handles the
> login and policy control ).
>
> Generally when a new profile is created it is an inability to open and use
> the pre-existing User Hive. (NTUser.Dat). Corruption can happen in a
> number of ways. If the network is domain based and this happens on a
> number of client computers the issue may point to the server.
>
> The icons you mention are because a new profile is created from the
> template or "Default User" profile. Usually this isn't customized to show
> any individual setups.
>
> You should review the System Event log on the client machines and see
> what if any errors ( & Event IDs ) are being logged. Usually this is a key
> way to run down issues like this.
>
> "Sprowler" <Sprowler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8BAF365F-954D-4188-A12A-065CA126BD1D@microsoft.com...
> > Does anyone know what causes Windows XP to says it's creating a new user
> > profile and wipes out all icons. This happens periodically to computers
> > on
> > our district and we have been unable to figure out why?
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
>
>
> .
>