username.000 is very common on Windows NT. It just means that the username was created, used, then deleted from SAM and recreated again ... When you delete than re-create a username, the Security Identifier changes and Windows NT senses this when you log in ... since the SID is different from the old one - NT creates a new profile and appends a sequence number like username.000

This is why you should never reference a user profile like this:

c:\winnt\profiles\@userid\desktop

always use this (on WinNT) :

%userprofile%\desktop

guaranteed to work every time. Over here - we delete, than recreate the user's desktop all the time. We have icons located on server shares and copy them down based on group membership ... works a charm ...

-Shawn

[plus - I would imagine that if you logged in with two identical usernames from two different domains - that would cause a username.000 profile as well ?]

[ 10 August 2001: Message edited by: Shawn ]