Re: user settings not being saved

pete0085 <pete0085@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is a somewhat weird issue with one user where the settings are
not being saved when roaming between locations

When you say "locations" what do you mean? Different computers on the same
LAN, or a computer in an entirely different building/location/WAN-connected
network? If the latter, roaming profiles will not be fun and I'd avoid using
them.

using roaming profiles.

Normally the folder view will revert back to icons instead of by list
and the outlook signature will not be saved. They have to add the
signature everytime they go to a different location and also add it
when they move back to their normal location.

As far as I know that's the 2 things being affected, there are
probably more.

Event log errors?
RSOP.msc errors?

I know the user doesn't have a man. profile.

Any ideas to what is causing this and how to fix it??

You might try posting in m.p.windows.server.active_directory as this likely
isn't a group policy issue per se. However, here's my boilerplate on
roaming profiles.

General tips:

1. Set up a share on the server. For example - d:\profiles, shared as
profiles$ to make it hidden from browsing. Make sure this share is *not* set
to allow offline files/caching! (that's on by default - disable it)

2. Make sure the share permissions on profiles$ indicate everyone=full
control. Set the NTFS security to administrators, system, and users=full
control.

3. In the users' ADUC properties, specify \\server\profiles$\%username% in
the profiles field

4. Have each user log into the domain once from their usual workstation
(where their existing profile lives) and log out. The profile is now
roaming.

5. If you want the administrators group to automatically have permissions to
the profiles folders, you'll need to make the appropriate change in group
policy. Look in computer configuration/administrative templates/system/user
profiles - there's an option to add administrators group to the roaming
profiles permissions.

Notes:

* Make sure users understand that they should not log into multiple
computers at the same time when they have roaming profiles (unless you make
the profiles mandatory by renaming ntuser.dat to ntuser.man so they can't
change them). Explain that the
last one out wins,
when it comes to uploading the final, changed copy of the profile.

* Keep your profiles TINY. Via group policy, redirect My Documents at the
very least - to a subfolder of the user's home directory or user folder.
Also consider redirecting Desktop & Application Data similarly..... so the
user will have:

\\server\home$\%username%\My Documents
\\server\home$\%username%\Desktop,
\\server\home$\%username%\Application Data.

Alternatively, just manually re-target My Documents to
\\server\home$\%username% (this is not optimal, however.)

If you aren't going to also redirect the desktop using policies, tell users
that
they are not to store any files on the desktop or you will beat them with a
stick. Big profile=slow login/logout, and possible profile corruption.

* Note that user profiles are not compatible between different OS versions,
even between W2k/XP. Keep all your computers. Keep your workstations as
identical as possible - meaning, OS version is the same, SP level is the
same, app load is (as much as possible) the same.

* Do not let people store any data locally - all data belongs on the server.

* The User Profile Hive Cleanup Utility should be running on all your
computers. You can download it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en


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