Deleting Local Profiles

Mr_M_Cox · 12-07-2007, 09:32 AM

Firstly i am sure this will have been discussed on another thread, i did search but could not find it. if someone knows of a relevant thread please just post link.

i want to delete all local profiles other than administrator and all users from my XP workstations in a 2003 domain when a user logs off. any ideas

Thanks

Domino · 12-07-2007, 09:37 AM

have a search fpr Delprof, it'll run from the network and do it

Mr_M_Cox · 12-07-2007, 09:58 AM

from what i know, and i may well be wrong, i think delprof will delete all profiles and not leave certain ones. i also need it to run unattended at log off

Geoff · 12-07-2007, 10:13 AM

It'll leave All Users, Default User and Administrator alone.

lovelldr · 12-07-2007, 10:53 AM

Doesn't the user profile hive cleanup (or whatever it's called) do this?

Basically, you just need to install it on the local machine, ensure that you have left whichever profiles you want loaded onto the machine, and when a user logs off, it deletes their own profile. This only works assuming you have roaming profiles set up though iirc...

hth

webman · 12-07-2007, 11:08 AM

Bossman made a vbscript to delete all but some profiles from local machines, and assigned it via GPO as a shutdown script. Attached here, might be handy...

Mr_M_Cox · 12-07-2007, 01:20 PM

that script you uploaded is supurb, thank you. one question. i have run it with exclusions on administrator and all users but now my users cant log in with an error of cant find profile. is this because i have deleted default user?

Geoff · 12-07-2007, 02:11 PM

Yes

ChrisH · 12-07-2007, 02:59 PM

The default profile should recreate itself though.

Geoff · 12-07-2007, 03:10 PM

I'm fairly sure it doesn't.

Oops_my_bad · 12-07-2007, 06:45 PM

You will have to recreate the default user if it's gone (probably best way is just copy any local profile folder and rename it default user i'd have thought).

I find this works best as a computer startup script, that way the little darlings dont forcibly switch the PC off whilst it runs shutdown scripts

JamesC · 19-01-2008, 08:43 PM

Use delprof. It comes as an msi that can be deployed via group policy. Then create a script and set it to run on startup to run delprof and the desired switches. I'm pretty sure you can have delprof delete local and/or roaming profiles depending on the switches used. So if you didnt want your local profiles removed then you can set it to remove roaming profiles only.

James

tech_guy · 19-01-2008, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesC

Use delprof. It comes as an msi that can be deployed via group policy. Then create a script and set it to run on startup to run delprof and the desired switches. I'm pretty sure you can have delprof delete local and/or roaming profiles depending on the switches used. So if you didnt want your local profiles removed then you can set it to remove roaming profiles only.

James

Yeah, and Mattx has got it on his very handy Admin's Admin Toolbar.

Norphy · 19-01-2008, 11:54 PM

You don't even need to deploy delprof, you can run it from a network share. I always used to bung it in \\domain.tld\netlogon and run it as a shutdown script.

RabbieBurns · 02-07-2008, 03:29 PM

delprof isnt working for me. Have it set to run as a machine startup script from a world readable share. The policy is definately being applied. But the profiles arent being deleted.

am I doing something wrong?

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12-07-2007, 09:32 AM	#1
Mr_M_Cox Join Date: May 2007 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 126 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Deleting Local Profiles Firstly i am sure this will have been discussed on another thread, i did search but could not find it. if someone knows of a relevant thread please just post link. i want to delete all local profiles other than administrator and all users from my XP workstations in a 2003 domain when a user logs off. any ideas Thanks

12-07-2007, 09:37 AM	#2
Domino Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Hastings Posts: 1,136 Thanks: 12 Thanked 70 Times in 58 Posts Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 19	Re: Deleting Local Profiles have a search fpr Delprof, it'll run from the network and do it

12-07-2007, 09:58 AM	#3
Mr_M_Cox Join Date: May 2007 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 126 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Re: Deleting Local Profiles from what i know, and i may well be wrong, i think delprof will delete all profiles and not leave certain ones. i also need it to run unattended at log off

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Geoff Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fylde, Lancs, UK. Posts: 9,887 Thanks: 42 Thanked 223 Times in 203 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 66	Re: Deleting Local Profiles It'll leave All Users, Default User and Administrator alone.

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12-07-2007, 10:53 AM	#5
lovelldr Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Midlands Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Deleting Local Profiles Doesn't the user profile hive cleanup (or whatever it's called) do this? Basically, you just need to install it on the local machine, ensure that you have left whichever profiles you want loaded onto the machine, and when a user logs off, it deletes their own profile. This only works assuming you have roaming profiles set up though iirc... hth

12-07-2007, 01:20 PM	#7
Mr_M_Cox Join Date: May 2007 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 126 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Re: Deleting Local Profiles that script you uploaded is supurb, thank you. one question. i have run it with exclusions on administrator and all users but now my users cant log in with an error of cant find profile. is this because i have deleted default user?

12-07-2007, 02:11 PM	#8
Geoff Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fylde, Lancs, UK. Posts: 9,887 Thanks: 42 Thanked 223 Times in 203 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 66	Re: Deleting Local Profiles Yes

12-07-2007, 02:59 PM	#9
ChrisH Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Lancs Posts: 3,921 Thanks: 2 Thanked 37 Times in 31 Posts Rep Power: 21	Re: Deleting Local Profiles The default profile should recreate itself though.

12-07-2007, 03:10 PM	#10
Geoff Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fylde, Lancs, UK. Posts: 9,887 Thanks: 42 Thanked 223 Times in 203 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 66	Re: Deleting Local Profiles I'm fairly sure it doesn't.

12-07-2007, 06:45 PM	#11
Oops_my_bad Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: I'll be back in Madchester before you knows it Posts: 1,188 Thanks: 139 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts Rep Power: 8	Re: Deleting Local Profiles You will have to recreate the default user if it's gone (probably best way is just copy any local profile folder and rename it default user i'd have thought). I find this works best as a computer startup script, that way the little darlings dont forcibly switch the PC off whilst it runs shutdown scripts

19-01-2008, 08:43 PM	#12
JamesC Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Essex Posts: 86 Thanks: 7 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 7	Use delprof. It comes as an msi that can be deployed via group policy. Then create a script and set it to run on startup to run delprof and the desired switches. I'm pretty sure you can have delprof delete local and/or roaming profiles depending on the switches used. So if you didnt want your local profiles removed then you can set it to remove roaming profiles only. James

19-01-2008, 11:54 PM	#14
Norphy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dunstable Posts: 1,032 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	You don't even need to deploy delprof, you can run it from a network share. I always used to bung it in \\domain.tld\netlogon and run it as a shutdown script.

02-07-2008, 03:29 PM	#15
RabbieBurns Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: glasgow Posts: 797 Thanks: 89 Thanked 31 Times in 21 Posts Rep Power: 10	delprof isnt working for me. Have it set to run as a machine startup script from a world readable share. The policy is definately being applied. But the profiles arent being deleted. am I doing something wrong?

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