Re: Roaming Profile Question

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From: Steve Detwiler (steved_at_piratestudios.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: 17 Nov 2004 09:31:44 -0800

Excellent. Thanks for the advice.

Steve

"Bob Christian" <BobChristian@removethis.gmail.com> wrote in message news:<eTjZfHMyEHA.804@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> Another possibility is to ask all of your users to shut down their systems
> (gracefully) one night or for the weekend (or ask specific sets of users and
> move them in batches).
>
> Look at the share and see what users have that share opened. You can always
> remotely shut down their system if you can't reach them (might not make them
> happy...thus, asking them to log off first). Or, if they are logged in you
> can note it and touch base with them later.
>
> Reboot your profile server. This will clear up all the locks to the
> NTUser.Dat file. The exception being if someone is logged in...it will
> re-establish that link.
>
> Move the files for the clients that are not logged in and accessing the
> share. Contact the clients that are logged in and have them log off and
> shut down their system.
>
> Moving roaming profile directories around is always a bear.
>
> Bob
> "Gautam Anand" <heygautam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OogKM1HyEHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > the NTUSED.DAT is loaded into memory (and acts as the HK_Current_User
> > reg key in Windows NT Platforms)
> >
> > In all probability you also have an issue with Profiles not being
> > unloaded from memory on some computers.
> >
> > But the answer to your question is make sure the users are not logged
> > in and also reboot the client PCs and dont allow any users to login.
> >
> > If the users use Terminal Services, reboot that server too
> >
> > --
> > +----------------------------------+
> > I reply at the news groups only on weekends. If you need to contact
> > me, Im available on MSN Messenger at heygautam at hotmail
> > Thanks
> > Gautam Anand
> > +----------------------------------+
> > "Steve Detwiler" <steved@piratestudios.com> wrote in message
> > news:782cc1e8.0411111630.36004870@posting.google.com...
> > |I hope this is a simple question. I am not a Windows server expert.
> > |
> > | We currently have roaming profiles enabled for our users who are
> using
> > | XP Pro workstations connecting to a Windows 2003 server with a
> single
> > | AD domain. We are running out of disk space on the drive that
> contains
> > | the user profiles and so we would like to change where the profiles
> > | are stored. However, I am unable to copy the NTUSER.DAT files from
> the
> > | current profile directories to the new location. What is the correct
> > | solution to this problem?
> > |
> > | Thanks
> > |
> > | Steve
> >
> >

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