Re: OT: Weird XP Fault

Gavsta wrote:

> Catman wrote:
>> gazzafield wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Catman" <catman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:vsP3f.200804$nF6.193996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>gazzafield wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Catman" <catman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>news:8JO3f.180236$WT5.157509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>>gazzafield wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Computers at work. Running Windows XP Pro. Any administrative user
>>>>>>>can
>>>>>>>logon and work normally. Any user who is not an administrator can
>>>>>>>login
>>>>>>>but no icons, taskber, start menu or anything at all appears on their
>>>>>>>desktop
>>>>>>>except for the pointer. If you make these users an administrator on
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>machine then they work normally.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This says to me it is a permissions issue. The question is where?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I was told by one of the tutors the limited information of "A message
>>>>>>>came
>>>>>>>up saying Windows Update something and then a countdown. When the
>>>>>>>countdown
>>>>>>>finished they restarted and then we couldn't login". Useful eh?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>First suspect was a virus but it has been fully updated and scanned
>>>>>>>and Sophos says there are no viruses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any ideas anyone. Because I am FIIK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is this admin on local machine, or domain admin?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It's when logging on as a local admin. We can't logon as domain admin
>>>>>as the domain is unavailable due to our wonderful network support team
>>>>>buggering up the connection to the main campus!
>>>>
>>>>So you are only logging on to the local machine, or is it trying to do
>>>>cahced authentication of the domain users? Or to put it another way, at
>>>>the ctr-alt-del screen, make sure you have three boxes and tell us
>>>>what's in the 'Log on to' box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>It's when trying to logon to the local machine only. I have now joined
>>>one to the domain at the main campus and it does exactly the same with
>>>non
>>>adminiatrative domain users. Domain users with local admin access have
>>>no problem.
>>
>>
>> Very odd. You are *sure* that the user has full control to c:/documents
>> and settings/user.domain?
>> Sometimes XP gets a bit shirty about that
>>
>
> Shouldnt make any odds TBH, you would get a temp profile anyhow, and
> therefor a desktop.

Except the temp profile is created in the same place, no?

> This sounds like a GP *** up to me.

It certainly could be acheived like that

/me wonders what the shell variable is set to in the registry.

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