Re: Roaming Profiles and redirected folders

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So what are your suggestions for this GP? What folders do you allow and
dis-allow from the users Profile?


"Anthony" <anthony.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Its per application, so you need to look for the application setting or
registry key that allows you to relocate settings. They don't all allow
it.
The folders in the profile are an MS standard and obviously not everyone
follows it.
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.co.uk


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No I do not want all my Adobe stuff roaming. How can I make it so my
Adobe stuff does not continue to put stuff on the server profile? I have
the profile down to 172MB. How can I get that down to the 5-25MB range?

"Anthony" <anthony.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think the recommendation is 5MB, and 25MB max.
The profile is intended to be settings, not data. The problem area is
the overlap in things like Adobe thumbnails; Dreamweaver data;
dictionaries etc.
It should be possible to get the profile down to 25MB or less by
redirecting all the data. In a few cases (Adobe is one) you may have to
dispense with the roaming profile and leave it local - but do you really
want all your thumbnails roaming?
Hope that helps,
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.co.uk



"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Any idea how big the profile should be? I got mine down to 200MB and
it still takes awhile to log on and off.


"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You have to create a GPO:

USER
Administrative Templates\
System\
User Profiles
Exclude directories in roaming profile

Lets you add to the list of folders excluded from the user's roaming
profile. This setting lets you exclude folders that are normally
included in the user's profile.

I would prefer to really correct the origin, the adobe folder. This is
a workaround
--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok since the roaming profile is not setup through a Group Policy, but
through the Users Profile in AD Users and Computers on their profile
tab how do you tell it there to exclude certain folders?


"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You can manualy exclude the application data from the roaming
profile, but that break the roaming profile.
Or you may just exclude this adobe folder which seems to be the
problem.

Don't mess up, the redirected folder are specific in GPO, if you
didn't set it explicitly, you can ignore my comments on redirected
folder & offline sync.

You may try to simply purge the adobe folder. What does it contain
to be so big ?


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok my Offline settings on the server for the Profile share have
always had offline sync turned off, but that Application Data
folder resides in the roaming profile folder. How do you set that
to not sync the Application Data folder?

"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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the offline sync i am speaking is a property of the share on the
server.

Should be disable on the roaming profile share, and on redirected
folder share like application data (if you are using redirected
folders)

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can you explain more what you mean by, "You shouldn't have it on
redirected folder (application data) if used,
because it break the goal with redirected folder (not having a
sync copy)."

I am not using Offline files on the Profile. I have that turned
off. My Roaming profile is not setup as redirected folder using a
Group Policy. I go to the Profile tab in the Users Properties in
AD Users and Computers and set the path to
\\server_name\Profiles\%username%.


"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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you mean the offline setup on the roaming profile share ? it's
useless.

Roaming profile is synced with the local copy on log on and log
off by windows based on the modification date. It's not using
the offline folder for this part.

You shouldn't have it on redirected folder (application data) if
used, because it break the goal with redirected folder (not
having a sync copy).


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, now I am getting somewhere. I see a Adobe folder in there
and it is the folder that is housing all my 3.6 GB data.
Wonder if I need this folder. I have the Adobe Master Suite
loaded on my system.

Do you know what the Offline setting for a Roaming Profile is
suppose to be set to?


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My profile is 3.6 GB which is huge I know. My Mydocs is a
Offline folder and also my desktop is. I don't have my
profile setup for offline.


"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If it's really quick, it's not due to bad
configuration/setup.

Now you have to digg on the profile size, fragmented filer...

How big are your profiles ?
any offline sync folder?

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok I created a new user and set him up the same way. He
does log on much quicker then everyone else. More
assumption is because this user really has nothing in his
profile yet, but as it grows that is when the logon process
takes longer. Am I correct in this assumption? Any
recommendations for cleaning my profiles? Or is my problem
elsewhere?


"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hello,

can you trying by creating a fresh user ? If it's still so
slow with an empty profile, that's something else (dns...)
any eventlog error entry ?

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We have been using roaming profiles and redirected folders
for awhile and we are noticing some serious slowness when
a person goes to log into their machines. After you type
in your password the message saying, "Loading your
personal settings" is on the screen for a good 4-5 minutes
before it changes to "Applying your personal settings".
What can I do to troubleshoot this? Does it have anything
to do with my roaming profiles or redirected folder setup?
I created 3 shares on my server. One share is
\\server_name\Profiles\ for my roaming profiles. I have
the offline setting on this share set to, "Files or
programs from the share will not be available offline".
My second share is \\server_name\desktops for my desktops.
I have the offline settings for this set to, "Only the
files and programs that users specify will be available
offline." My third share is \\server_name\MyDocs for my
redirected My Documents. The offline settings for this
share are also set to, "Only the files and programs that
users specify will be available offline." I see that
there is another offline option that states, "All files
and programs that users open from the share will be
automatically available offline" it also has a check box
saying, "Optimized for performance". Should I be using
that setting instead for all 3 of my shares?

I think I have read somewhere that this could be a DNS
issue also, but I don't really think that is the case.

Thanks
-Scott





























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