I think Ray wasn't talking about doing a clean install, just readding the user to the domain and following the topic of the discussion, I am right and you are right in your case :). Aren't we living in a big happy world ? :) Robert Funderburk wrote: > Well, your answer is correct but the reasoning is not complete. The reason > you get user.newdomain for user.001 > And so on is because you can't have 2 directories with the same exact name > under the same sub directory. If you joined a domain and got the folder > c:\documents and settings\user , then formatted and did a clean install, and > then removed the user and computer accounts from the domain, then added them > back, then rejoined the machine to the domain with the same computername / > user name, you would get the same exact path for the profile - c:\documents > and settings\user - so it really doesn't have anything to do with the SID at > all :-) ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm