Microsoft KB Archive/321043

= Default Profile Is Always Used When You Log On, Roaming and Mandatory Profiles Are Not Applied =

Article ID: 321043

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q321043



SYMPTOMS
When you try to log on to a Windows NT 4.0 domain, you may find that the default profile is always used, unless you log on as the Administrator. This occurs even though you are using Roaming Profiles or Mandatory Profiles.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if the user account is a member of the Domain Guests group and also the Domain Users group. A Domain Guests account always receives the Default Profile at each logon process, because the most restrictive permissions from the two groups are applied.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, remove the user account from the Domain Guests group, and confirm that the user account is added to the Domain Users group.

Keywords: kbprb KB321043

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