Roaming Profiles Do Not Load, Generate Errors 18 and 1009 (266446)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q266446

SYMPTOMS

When users are required to use a roaming profile and a system policy, and the default computer policy is set to delete the locally cached copies of roaming profiles, some users may receive the following error messages when they attempt to log on:

"The Operating System was unable to load a locally stored profile. A new profile will be created. (1009)."

"The operating system was unable to load your profile. Please contact your network administrator. [18]"


When you use the net helpmsg command to reveal the source of the error code, you receive the following information:
Error code 1009 is: "The registry database is corrupt".
Error code 18 is: "There are no more files".

CAUSE

This behavior can occur when the registry size on the workstations is too small. This can cause duplicate entries for the roaming profiles to be written into the HKEY_USERS hive.

RESOLUTION

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.


  1. Log on to the computer as an Administrator or through a user account that is not required to use a roaming profile.
  2. Remove the extraneous profiles from the registry:

    1. Run Registry Editor (Regedt32).
    2. Open the HKEY_USERS registry hive.
    3. Delete any duplicate Security Identifier (SID) registry keys for the roaming profile.

      NOTE: You can find which SID matches a given user profile by looking at the data for the ProfileImagePath registry value in the following registry location:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\SID#
    4. Quit the Registry Editor.
  3. Increase the size of the registry:

    1. In Control Panel, double-click System.
    2. Click Performance.
    3. In the Virtual Memory group, click Change.
    4. View the Current Registry Size and the Maximum Registry Size.
    5. In the Maximum Registry Size box, type a number greater than the current registry size and then click OK.
    6. Click Close, and then restart your computer to effect the new settings.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/11/2002
Keywords:kbprb KB266446
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