Server Copy of User Profile May Be Overwritten By Local Copy
PSS ID Number: 172647
Article Last Modified on 3/25/2002
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.1
This article was previously published under Q172647
SYMPTOMS
If you are using user profiles and roaming profiles, a user's local copy
of the profile may overwrite the server copy. The local copy may be out of
date or incorrect. The user is not prompted when this occurs.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur in the following situation:
- A user logs on at a workstation that does not contain a local copy
of his or her profile, or that contains an outdated local copy of the
profile.
- The server copy of the profile is not successfully downloaded when the
user logs on (for example, because of network problems).
- The user logs off and then logs back on at the same workstation, but
this time the server copy of the profile can be accessed.
When this situation occurs, the outdated or incorrect local copy of the
profile overwrites the server copy. The server copy can also be over-
written when the user logs off if the server becomes available at that
time.
Windows compares the date and time stamps of the local and server copies
of the profile when a user logs on. The newer copy of the profile
overwrites the older copy. In the situation described above, the local
copy has changed more recently than the server copy. When the profiles
are reconciled, the newer local copy, although incorrect, overwrites the
older server copy.
RESOLUTION
STATUS
This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows.
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