Redirection of all folders not working
From: Rich (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/09/04
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:23:56 -0700
Try using mandatory profiles.
What you do is create the user; make sure you have a
common shared "profiles" folder somewhere that all the
servers can see (I use the DC); make sure the profile path
is in the person's user properties; login and configure
the user; after logging out, check the user's profile
folder; if the files are all there (especially
ntuser.dat); once you have that file in the user's profile
folder, rename it to NTUSER.MAN. You'll get a warning,
but don't worry about it.
Once you create the NTUSER.MAN, log back into the terminal
server as the user and it should lock their profile down.
One of the drawbacks is if you have to do any changes to
the user, you have to delete their profile on the terminal
server, rename NETUSER.MAN to NTUSER.DAT; log back in and
do all the changes then do the renaming of the DAT file,
etc again. It's great for users who do not change that
often.
Good Luck!
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I' reposting this as it got tagged to the end of another
thread, and was
>not completely related to that subject.
>
>This has been puzzling me for some time now. We have
been tasked with
>setting up roaming profiles to do the following, which I
think is
>possible, but if not can someone me know if we're wasting
our time:
>
>The idea is that a user can logon to any machine in the
network and be
>able to immediately open Outlook and view their
mail/calendars without
>any local configuration. For example a new user has been
created and
>has to share a PC with a colleague. Can things be set up
so that he
>justs logins for the first time on a PC and be able to
open Outlook and
>see his mail/calenders/etc. with nothing needing to be
done locally on
>the PC? If so the question is how?
>
>We have set up a Group Policy which is supposed to
redirect the
>Applications, Desktop, Start Menu, My Documents to
folders on the
>Server. The Desktop, Start Menu, My Documents seems to
work, as when a
>new user logons on to the network new folders are created
on the Server
>for them. But no new folder is created for
Applications. The folders
>are all under the same share and have the same
permissions.
>
>Have setup a logon script that works through the Group
Policy.
>
>When a user then logons on to another machine I'd have
thought that the
>Desktop should then follow him? But it doesn't. The
desktop looks the
>same as the last person who was on the machine. The My
Documents does
>not copy either. When you logout a window appears saying
it is syncing,
>so stuff is being written to the Server but not back.
When you look in
>Event Viewer it has events for data bring copied from the
PC to the
>Server, but never the other way round.
>
>I've no doubt missed out some simple step, and would
greatly appreciate
>any pointers in the right direction.
>
>Or am I misunderstanding what Group Policies is supposed
to be able to do?
>
>Many many thanks,
>
>Neil.
>.
>
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