Re: XP Roaming Profile Issue

From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:13:27 -0500

Jody,

In addition to what Chriss stated, whenever you are using Roaming Profiles
and a user is normally using, say, WIN2000 and then goes to a WIN98 machine
and logs on there will be problems. In other words, having differing OSes
presents a problem. This is just a piece of information for you. An FYI if
you will. You are clearly using only WINXP Pro....well, in the office.

More later! 

-- 
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA  24014
Microsoft Active Directory MVP
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
"Jody Stoll" <jo@mastercare.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:%23kUTd$89EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I'm having an issue with XP Roaming profiles. We are using XP in a Win 2k3 
> domain both SP1 and SP2 machines. The profile ships up and down to the 
> machine OK and copies all relevant directories to the local machine and 
> back to the server at logon and logoff time.
>
> The problem occurs when the user wants to login to a different machine.
> For example if they sit at a newly imaged machine and installs all their 
> applications ie Office 2k3 ,Adobe Acrobat etc then they will work fine. 
> They can log off that machine restart it log back in etc.
> If they were then to move to another machine, that has already got these 
> applications installed to the local drive they will have to spend 10 or 15 
> minutes reinstalling the applications even though they are installed 
> locally AND the application Data portion of the local profile is moving 
> with the user and is poulated with the respective application settings.
>
> From what I have gathered it appears to be related to cached user profiles 
> on the c:\ drive.
> For example in the office where the users sit at the same desk day in day 
> out if in the GP object i enable the 'delete cached copy of profile' from 
> the machine then exactly the same thing happens , again the Roaming 
> Profile roams Ok and all other settings to do with the profile are OK, for 
> example desktop preferences, toolbars etc are fine, it is just the 
> applications that are the issue.
> While it is fine for the office staff to leave the cached copy of the 
> profiles on the machine, this will pose a problem in our 1000 seat call 
> centre.
> Currently the call centre use Win 98 while the office are XP but we plan 
> to move to XP for the call centre in the coming weeks and need to somehow 
> resolve this.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> cheers

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