Duarte's SharePoint info

In SharePoint 2007 the inactive user profiles are deleted by a timer job called “My Site Cleanup Job” (Central Administration > Operations > TimerJobs Definitions > My Site Cleanup Job").

It is NOT after the third consecutive failed import that the automatic profile deletion happens.

So if your profiles are still appearing after import check the following:

1. Is your LDAP filter importing disable profiles?

    The LDAP filter must be something like to avoid importing disabled profiles:

    (&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)( !(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))

    check this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827754

2. Is your "My Site Cleanup" timer job enable? (see above)

   Central Administration > Operations > TimerJobs Definitions > My Site Cleanup Job").

   Enable it!

3. Is "Windows SharePoint Services Timer " service running?

   Administrative Tools > Services > Windows SharePoint Services Timer  

   Start it!