Re: XP pro "user profile" problem - networked vs. not networked

From: Mike Kolitz (mikekol_at_idontlikespam.mvps.org)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 14:30:34 -0500

There are a couple reasons why this might happen.
With all of these, I'm guessing that your IT Department set these policies
for the domain, and did so for a reason. You may want to discuss your
problems with them, and see if you can work out a solution together.

Here's what could be going on. Group Policy could be set to do one or all
of the following:

1. Delete Cached profiles at logoff.
2. Require a domain controller to unlock workstation (would be the same for
logging on)
3. Set the number of cached logons to 0 - so you don't have any cached
credentials.

There may be other reasons, too, but this is all I could think of. Again, I
would strongly recommend that you run your problem by your company's IT
Department. They would have better knowledge of their network and policy
settings than anyone else. 

-- 
Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
MS-MVP - Windows Setup / Deployment
"Tara Schulke" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1226b01c4428c$c911ad10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello, I hope this is the right forum for this...
>
> I upgraded to a new laptop with XP pro, and migrated my
> data from my old Windows Me laptop with no problem.
>
> My problem now is this:
>
> When at work, I plug in my laptop, and log in to my work
> domain with no problem.  But, when I go on the road, where
> I can't connect to the work domain, I can't get past the
> login screen to access my local files.  In Me, it would
> let me in, but inform me that I may not have access to
> network resources... but at least I could access my local
> word docs, etc.
>
> Is there a way for me to emulate this behavior in XP?  Do
> I have to set up another user profile to do this, with my
> same desktop settings, etc.?
>
> Thank you for any help on this matter...
>
> Tara Schulke

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