Re: How to disable Roaming Profile when not conneccted?

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From: barabba (barabba72_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: 10 Oct 2004 13:38:18 -0700

Hi Arnold,

if it can help you, I can tell you my own experience with laptops and
roaming profiles.

We use roaming profiles for both desktop and laptop users according to
following details (W2K AD Native Mode domain, XP Pro SP1-2).

Desktop Users:

- roaming profiles stored on server
- local profile is always deleted after logoff (through GP)

Laptop Users:

- roaming profiles stored on server (same as desktop users)
- local profile is NOT deleted after logoff
- warning message time value: 1sec
- home folder adminitratively available offline

This way, when laptop users connect offline, they will be able to use
the latest local copy of their profile and will not be annoyed by the
typical warning message that appears when the server copy of the
profile cannot be reached. Home folder and other network drives can be
made available offline through GP.

This is what we did and it seems to work fine for our laptop users.

Bye Bar

"Hank Arnold" <rasilon@aol.com> wrote in message news:<2sskdaF1onbenU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> Our domain is running Win2K Server w/AD. We are running a 2 server Citrix
> MetaFrame XPa farm that all users log onto to run their office and e-mail
> apps. Our medical database (Misys) is running on a SQL200 server.
>
> We have about 30 nurses who use laptops to do patient assessments off line
> and they synchronize the databases by connecting to the network (either
> directly or via VPN). Currently their laptops are set up for a domain
> logon. They use the local copy automatically when they log on in a
> disconnected state.
>
> We currently have local profiles in our domain. We are in the process of
> migrating users to roaming profiles. This is necessary because trying to
> keep the profiles on the two Citrix servers is becoming a problem. Also, we
> want the profiles on a server that is part of a High Availability cluster so
> that logon will always happen with no problems.
>
> Our problem is with the laptop users who try to log on disconnected. If they
> are in that state and they have a roaming profile, then they get error
> messages about not being able to download the profile and that a
> default/local copy is being used (and won't be saved).
>
> Our concern here is that this will cause confusion and problems with the
> nurses. We're talking about people who flooded the Help Desk with calls when
> we change the name of an icon..... I need to eliminate these error messages.
> But I need to keep their AD account set up for roaming profiles. They often
> will log onto a pool computer to log onto the Citrix server at the office.
> Local logons are a problem since I lose the GPO settings that are currently
> enforced on the laptop users (and
> believe me, we need them enforced......).
>
> I'm thinking that there are two possibilities. One is to set the laptop up
> as a local logon. The other is to set up the laptop so that it does not
> attempt download/upload the profile if it is not network connected.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated....

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