My main desktop is a Windows 7 Enterprise machine which is bound to a corporate Windows domain. My official user account is stored in the corporate domain / active directory. I can use any computer in the company to log in. When I log in, Windows copies my home directory from our central server to the workstation. When I log out, Windows copies my home directory from the workstation back to our central server.
I don't know why they don't simply mount the user directories. But that's not the point here. The point is that I recently have created a local user account on one of my workstations. This local account does not exist in the corporate active directory. But for some reason, Windows still syncs my new home directory on log in / log out. And I'm wondering how this is possible.
Where are my files synced to? I have already checked the file server. But my new home directory doesn't seem to be there.
Also, the sync is totally messed up. Instead of "updating the deltas", it always restores my old home directory. So, I basically can't log out anymore. Or, on the next login, my old home directory will be back with all my new files vanished and all changes reversed.
So, my question is: Which Windows mechanism could be responsible for this? Where should I look first?