Windows Server 2012 Foundation user profile

Javier Solano Fraile 1 Reputation point
2020-08-04T17:42:37.627+00:00

Good afternoon.

I have a Windows Server 2012 Foundation running, with RDP configured and 12 users accessing.

It has been running for 2 years without problems, but a couple of months ago I saw that the folders of the user profiles (c: \ users \ user1), have been duplicated with this new format (c: \ users \ user1.domain ).

This has not happened with everyone, only with some, and I do not understand why.

It is a server with AD configured from the first day, but the change now from user1 to user1.domain is not due.

Thank you.

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
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  1. Javier Solano Fraile 1 Reputation point
    2020-08-04T18:41:02.013+00:00

    Users only exist in the domain, they do not exist locally. They are only logged in by RDP, that is, in the domain.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-04T18:44:02.313+00:00

    Got that, but appears some of them have also logged on locally.

    --please don't forget to Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

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  3. Eleven Yu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 10,756 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-08-05T08:07:19.777+00:00

    Hi,

    User.domain profiles (c: \ users \ user1.domain) may be created when the user log on to the server with a local username profile folder (c: \ users \ user1) already existed but does not have a registry profile. Windows does not want to overwrite local user profile folders that already exist and decides to create a new profile with the username + the domain name in both the registry and the local file system.

    Registry profiles can be found under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Each profile takes on a unique security identifier (SID). Each SID key defines the path to the local user profile folder.

    You could refer to below link for more details.
    https://windowsexplored.com/2013/02/07/temp-profiles-vs-username-domain-profiles/

    Hope above information helps.

    Thanks,
    Eleven

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  4. Javier Solano Fraile 1 Reputation point
    2020-08-05T16:29:00.067+00:00

    Thank you for your answers, but what you propose cannot possibly have happened.
    This server, in addition to RDP server (all users connect via RDP not locally or physically on the same server, only by vpn), it is also a DC (domain controller) and has the policy of not allowing login enabled. user local.

    Everything has worked the same for 4 years, and since April, more or less, this happens, so I think it may be due to an update.

    I have the backups, and I can see the exact day. One day all user folders are "user1, user2, user3 ...." and the next day, some of them become "user1.domain, user2.domain ...".

    I don't know what the reason is.

    Thank you.

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  5. Eleven Yu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 10,756 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-08-06T03:31:56.15+00:00

    Hi,

    If the problem may be caused by an update, you can run get-hotfix in PowerShell to see what KB have been installed on the exact day of update

    Also, you can check below event logs to see if there are any related logs created on the day that user.domain profiles were created.

    event viewer\windows logs\
    application
    system
    setup
    event viewer\windows logs\applications and services logs\microsoft\windows\user profile services
    event viewer\windows logs\applications and services logs\microsoft\windows\winlogon

    Thanks,
    Eleven

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