Deleting Profiles in W2k

[narineh]

I have deleted profiles but I just can't remember how to get around this.

My situtation:

I have a corrupted Profile and its the Administrator profile. Its the only profile on the machine, when going to Document and Settings\Profile_Name

I try to delete but it says NTUSER.dAT in use cannot delete. I tried logging off and UNC into the machien, while the account was not logged on and try to delete it however that didn't work.

Any ideas on how to clean the entire profile directory and start from scratch.

Thanks for any help

 

[penauroth]

Rename the profile and log back in as the administrator.

 

[koquito]

You can create a user profile on a server or network share for one user. MAke that user part of the Amdinistartor group to be able to delete the local profile from that computer. Log in as that user, and delete the remaining local profiles.
Or if this is an option, create a user account with admin rights on that computer. Log in with that account and delete the other profiles. A+, MCP, CCNA
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[narineh]

I can't rename the profile as the file is in use and it will not let me.

This computer is a Domain Controller, forgot to mention that. It does not give the option to log on locally so I can't delete it.

 

[ashpp]

Have you tried Directory Service Restore logon as the user you created in DCPROMO then restore the System State backup (if you backup using your administrator logon it will restore your NTUSER.DAT file)

Ash.