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Are the profiles being created automatically?
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Are the profiles being created automatically?

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Yes, all pc's are joined to the domain and it is created at first log in
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Yes, all pc's are joined to the domain and it is created at first log in

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What windows does is create a new profile for the user and just adds a .000 to the end or something. &nbsp;so I end up with another folder under users
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What windows does is create a new profile for the user and just adds a .000 to the end or something.  so I end up with another folder under users

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Is it always the same 2 or 3 PCs? or is it completely random?
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Is it always the same 2 or 3 PCs? or is it completely random?

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Have you considered roaming Profiles?<br />
Not sure of yourInfrastructure however.
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Have you considered roaming Profiles?
Not sure of yourInfrastructure however.

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Random pc's but once it happens on 1 pc it usually happens again. &nbsp;Looking into Roaming Profiles now.<br />

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Random pc's but once it happens on 1 pc it usually happens again.  Looking into Roaming Profiles now.


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If profiles are creating themselves on their own, perhaps malware scanning as well. That is not normal. <br />

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If profiles are creating themselves on their own, perhaps malware scanning as well. That is not normal.


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I have about 300 desktop computers with Windows XP Pro on them. &nbsp;I run the User Profile Cleanup Service on them because I have issues with XP creating new profiles every so often. &nbsp;So far it seems like this profile cleaner is helping but I still get this issue coming back every couple weeks on 2 to 3 pc's. &nbsp;is there something else that can be done to prevent this besides what I am doing?
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I have about 300 desktop computers with Windows XP Pro on them.  I run the User Profile Cleanup Service on them because I have issues with XP creating new profiles every so often.  So far it seems like this profile cleaner is helping but I still get this issue coming back every couple weeks on 2 to 3 pc's.  is there something else that can be done to prevent this besides what I am doing?

Windows XP Profile corrupt

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.