Why it may be best to avoid roaming profiles in favour of a local Account

Why is it better for computer users to stick with a local account instead of a roaming profile? Did you know that you may be opening yourself up to hackers by having a roaming profile?  A local profile is one that is stored on your computer, as opposed to a roaming profile that can be used on your computer and also be downloaded onto a second computer. This can leave holes in any profile, putting your computer and sensitive data at risk of hackers.

Why is it best to keep your local profile instead of switching it to a roaming account? Switching to a roaming profile may expose your computer to hackers and widen the possibility that you will need data recovery and a professional to fix damage. Your user files may be under the user directory, but it may be easy for a hacker to change files on your computer. By changing user files, a hacker can put your user registry into the user profile.

Why should you beware of a roaming Profile?

Once a hacker has the opportunity to move a user registry into a user profile, you will not be able to find the altered files to wipe your computer clean and keep a hacker from taking over your computer. This is why a roaming profile may be best for a corporation.  The roaming profile can be stored on a central server and files can be downloaded onto employee’s computer. Once an employee logs off their computer, the files are sent back to a centralized server.

Here are some other reasons you might want to reconsider a roaming profile on your computer, especially if you are the only one using your computer.

• You may lose your authoritativeness as an Administrator on your own computer. A hacker can set up an administrative account on another computer and make changes. If a hacker has taken over your computer and it make keep your from making changes to your own machine A hacker simply changes back the changes that you make. 
• If a local profile is newer than a master file on a server, changes may be lost. If a hacker has taken over your computer, you both may be using different versions of the same programs. This may confuse your computer constantly switching between the same programs.

Can you think of a better reason why you should use a local profile? Isn’t it nice to know that you still have options if your computer is overtaken by hackers? We can help recover data lost because of hackers or simply erased. We recover data from hard drives, Memory sticks, Raid systems and more.