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Account Profile Problems
3 Nov 2003:
The recent problems with logging into the INSTTECH domain are
the consequence of old data in the roaming profiles that save
settings for your login account. The old data pointed to the
old authentication server.
The workaround for the problem, that of renaming the old profile
and creating a new one, was generalized and applied to nearly all
profiles on 30 Oct 2003. That means that people who may not have had the
profile problem will likely have a new profile, but the majority of
students who have needed but not requested the fix will no longer
have the problem.
Here are some potential questions and their answers:
- What happens to my profile when I logon and logoff?
When you logon, the system copies your profile from H:\.win_profile to
"C:\Documents and Settings\uwnetid" (where uwnetid is your logon account
name) and from there to your H:\.win_profile
when you logoff.
- Can my old profile be restored?
As long as it doesn't reinstate the problem we were trying to fix,
we can restore your old profile. Originally, we thought you could
do this yourself, but since you need to be logged on to change
your profile, and the profile gets copied (see #1 above),
any changes you make directly to .win_profile will be
wiped out when you log off. You can't delete the profile you are
currently using, so you are stuck with asking one of the lab staff
to do it for you.
- What does it mean to have a new profile?
A new profile means that you get the default interface and settings,
as if you were just logging on for the first time. However,
it is different from the first time you ever logged in because
all of the
data on your home directory (H:) is the same today as it was yesterday.
So you shouldn't have "lost" any data, unless you store your files in
"My Documents" (but even if you did, it isn't really lost -- it is just in
the H:\.win_profile.old folder).
- What has changed?
- You'll notice some first-time prompts for the Start button and for
novice documentation.
- Any changes you made to your icons or taskbar
will be gone, and the defaults will be in place.
- Printer settings will be lost, so you'll need to re-add the printers.
- TextPad configuration for Java will be gone -- see how to fix this
- Your Internet Explorer Favorites will be gone.
Copy them from
"H:\.win_profile.old\Favorites" to "C:\Documents and Settings\uwnetid"
to make sure they get written back to your profile when you log off.
- No more documents in the "My Documents" folder.
They can be copied from
"H:\.win_profile\.win_profile.old\My Documents"
to somewhere else on your H: drive.
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