On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:23:47 -0700, Doug Lubey wrote:

This worked for me also. But here are a few additional tips for people new to vista.

Is this a reply to a previous post? If so, where is that post because
your post is the only one in this thread.

Windows XP stored these profiles in C:\document and settings, Where as Vista stores the information in the registry and on the C:\Users folder.

If you just delete the folder information (which I did at first), the profile is not deleted in its' entirety.

Hence the error messages when you try to log in as the same domain user you just deleted:
Error messages:
1Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you into a temporary profile.
2windows vista Your user profile was not loaded correctly temporary profile
3vista windows profile service windows cannot find the local profile
4TEMP profile created

Also the exact registry key in vista is shown below. To run the registry editor in vista,type in regedt32.exe in the search; in XP you did this either by the command prompt or the run command.

Registry key to edit:
Computer\HKel_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\Wi ndows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Now start going through the keys to determine what users you many want to delete.

Another option (and maybe the correct option) would be to just delete the user using the control panel.
Control panel\User Accounts\User Accounts\Configure Advanced User Profile Properties(located on the left menu) and delete the profile you do not want anymore. By doing it this way, it will remove the registry settings and also the file system settings.



-Doug Lubey of Louisiana
www.douglubey.com