Event viewer warning

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Do this instead...

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service.

You will not see these errors anymore if you do.
Event ID: 1500
Event ID: 1517
Event ID: 1524

This also decreased my shutdown time a bunch.

Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] laylang=en

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://download.microsoft.com/down [...] readme.txt

Troubleshooting profile unload issues
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;837115


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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%23LlGt2spFHA.736@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Killian <killian@abcz.com> hunted and pecked:
> I get the following event viewer warning at times:
>
> Windows saved user JOHN\Owner registry while an application or service was
> still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's
> registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no
> longer in use.
>
> This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
> configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
> NetworkService account.
>
> For more information, see Help and support..................
>
> Help and support gives me the following information:
>
> Explanation
> Windows unloads each user's profile and user's section of the
> registry when the user logs off. This message indicates that Windows
> could not unload the user's profile because a program was referencing the
> user's section of the registry. This locked the profile. The registry
> cannot unload profiles that are locked and in use. When the program that
> is locking the profile is no longer referencing the registry, the profile
> will be unloaded.
>
>
> User Action
> No user action is required.
>
>
>
> Can anyone tell me should I just forget the warning or should I configure
> the services to run in the local service account and how do I do this?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Glad to hear it. Keep having fun. :-)

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In news:eCxwjw9pFHA.1336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
Killian <killian@abcz.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks Wesley, it has cleaned up the warnings.
>
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23VtI9e1pFHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Do this instead...
>>
>> Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service.
>>
>> You will not see these errors anymore if you do.
>> Event ID: 1500
>> Event ID: 1517
>> Event ID: 1524
>>
>> This also decreased my shutdown time a bunch.
>>
>> Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] laylang=en
>>
>> UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
>>
http://download.microsoft.com/down [...] readme.txt
>>
>> Troubleshooting profile unload issues
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;837115
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:%23LlGt2spFHA.736@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>> Killian <killian@abcz.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> I get the following event viewer warning at times:
>>>
>>> Windows saved user JOHN\Owner registry while an application or service
>>> was
>>> still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's
>>> registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no
>>> longer in use.
>>>
>>> This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
>>> configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
>>> NetworkService account.
>>>
>>> For more information, see Help and support..................
>>>
>>> Help and support gives me the following information:
>>>
>>> Explanation
>>> Windows unloads each user's profile and user's section of the
>>> registry when the user logs off. This message indicates that Windows
>>> could not unload the user's profile because a program was referencing
>>> the user's section of the registry. This locked the profile. The
>>> registry cannot unload profiles that are locked and in use. When the
>>> program that is locking the profile is no longer referencing the
>>> registry, the profile will be unloaded.
>>>
>>>
>>> User Action
>>> No user action is required.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me should I just forget the warning or should I
>>> configure the services to run in the local service account and how do I
>>> do this?