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

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From: Tara Schulke (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 14:26:23 -0700

Hi

Thanks for the response, I really appreciate it.

I did contact the admin, and 4 days later they came and
set up a VPN to connect to the office from home. So, now
when I log in, I select 'using dialup connection' and
select the VPN, and it works fine. But this doesn't solve
how I access my files, desktop, etc. when I'm in my car,
or on the train, and have no internet or network
connection to attach to... and that's my real problem.
I'm still awaiting a response from them on that! ;-(

Someone at work said to log in as administrator, and
create a new LOCAL user with the same username (so I would
have TSCHULKE/Domain01 and TSCHULKE/Tslaptop). But is
that a good idea? Wouldn't that still be two unique
profiles with separate My Documents and desktop, etc.?

Sorry, I wish I understood this better.

Thanks... Tara

>-----Original Message-----
>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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