Deleted the Administrator Profile! OOps!

[TechSupp]

Right I'll fess up, experimenting with delprof and profile delete scripts this after and managed to delete the administrator profile from the local PC! Not a major problem as read on here I can copy said profile from another PC or re-image if that fails (works without for the moment anyway!)

Anyway reason I was looking at deleting profiles was to tidy things up but the question that sprung to mind was, would I gain anything by deleteing locally cached profiles of classes that have mandatory profiles or is removing profiles really only any benefit if they are roaming profiles?

[mattx]

We use folder re-direction with local profiles [ slightly better log-on times ] - so every so often I have a clear out.

[TechSupp]

Like how things are set up at the moment just dont know if there is any advantage to deleteing the profiles that get created on the workstation. Heard alot about delprof etc but dont know if its relevant/benefit to out situation?

[AngryTechnician]

First off, the local Administrator profile is a nothing profile. Just log in and it will recreate from Default User as if it were brand new (unless you've modified the Default User).

 

Personally, I see no real benefit to deleting profiles except freeing up HD space. If you're not short on space, there's not really much point.

[superfletch]

We use folder re-direction with local profiles [ slightly better log-on times ] - so every so often I have a clear out.

 

I've just started at a school where I'm pretty sure this is how things are set up. I was wondering like TechSupp whether to clear the local profiles out or not?

 

If I clear them out doesn't it mean that the next time each kid logs on they'll have to wait a while for their profile to build? I don't want to start in school then all of a sudden have them complaining that IT is slow.

 

I understand folder redirection and how it works within a user account, and I get general stuff about what is in a profile etc, however I could do with a really good clear explanation of the difference between a roaming and a mandatory profile, I'm sure it is something to do with the ntuser.man/dat files but I don't know the implications really. I don't mean to hijack the thread so I've made a new one - mandatory or roaming profiles, what's the score??

Edited January 30, 2011 by superfletch

[TechSupp]

Hijack away,superfletch, its still relevant. Probably alot on here would like to know more (in plain simple english). Reason I'm having to look at it is that on logon a few PC's complain that it cant find a file in the profile, some failed install I suspect. Recreated the default profile on the server (needed to do this anyway) and problem still existed so could only get rid of problem if I deleted all of the locally cashed profiles (mandatory ones) and hey presto no more messages when they log on with the network copy of the mandatory profile, so it just set me thinking (always dangerous for me doing that...and so it proved!)