How to cleanup unused user accounts on client systems
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From: John L on 7 Jun 2010 18:48 SBS 2003 R2 SP2 WinXP clients Vista clients Several of my client system have had more than one domain logon (Documents & Settings / Users). I would like to delete these accounts and data but they are protected from a normal delete. Is there a process to delete and purge old accounts from a client? The reason is, with these"dead" accounts they are still picked up by media share and makes the select list unusally long. -- ***************** John Lenz JohnLenz(a)comcast.net
From: Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP] on 7 Jun 2010 20:20 Hi John: Log into the client station as the domain administrator, navigate to the user name and see if you can delete it. If not rclick, security, advanced, take ownership. I might want to be certain there was nothing of great importance in any of the my documents folders. - Larry Please post the resolution to your issue so others may benefit - Get Your SBS Health Check at www.sbsbpa.com > SBS 2003 R2 SP2 > > WinXP clients > Vista clients > Several of my client system have had more than one domain logon > (Documents & Settings / Users). I would like to delete these accounts > and data but they are protected from a normal delete. > > Is there a process to delete and purge old accounts from a client? > > The reason is, with these"dead" accounts they are still picked up by > media share and makes the select list unusally long. >
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 8 Jun 2010 01:21 Log onto the client station and right click My Computer, select Properties, select Advanced tab, Select User Profiles and delete any that aren't any longer viable. (old domain ones will be ugly GUIDs, they're easy to spot.) Short cut to some of that mousing -- type "sysdm.cpl" from the command prompt. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer(a)mis-wizards.com> wrote in message news:4e68351516b728ccd495f5cb3677(a)news.microsoft.com... > Hi John: > > Log into the client station as the domain administrator, navigate to the > user name and see if you can delete it. If not rclick, security, > advanced, take ownership. > > I might want to be certain there was nothing of great importance in any of > the my documents folders. > > - > Larry > Please post the resolution to your > issue so others may benefit > - > Get Your SBS Health Check at > www.sbsbpa.com > > >> SBS 2003 R2 SP2 >> >> WinXP clients >> Vista clients >> Several of my client system have had more than one domain logon >> (Documents & Settings / Users). I would like to delete these accounts >> and data but they are protected from a normal delete. >> >> Is there a process to delete and purge old accounts from a client? >> >> The reason is, with these"dead" accounts they are still picked up by >> media share and makes the select list unusally long. >> > >
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