Re: User profile question

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From: Aaron (Aaron_at_reddyelectricno.com)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:18:54 GMT

Thank you for the advice. I really appreciate it.
Do you mean like login scripts that I write? The normal script that runs
when you log into the network runs but I didi not write that (don't know
how).
I have everyone (but him) saving all data to the server via mapped drives
and having the default location to save files in all of their applications
to save to those drives on the server.

*Yes, using DHCP.
*IPConfig looks good.
*Xp Pro is the OS.
*It is joined to the domain. I created a new computer account for it when
these problems started and deleted the old computer account. It pulled doen
the programs from the server, etc.
*Yes, he is logging into the domain. No errors at login.
*I can connect to everything from his workstation if I log into it as
myself.

I am completely confused with this one. Thank you again for helping.

Aaron

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Aaron wrote:
>> We do not use login scripts. I realized that the user did not have the
>> normal drive mappings that everyone else here has so that we can back
>> up their data. I could not browse the shared folders on the server
>> via the drive mapping wizard. If I try to access the server via
>> Explorer he Gets the following error message: \\servername not
>> available. You might not have permission to use this network
>> resource. Contact the Administrator of this server to find out if you
>> have access permissions. I also just noticed that he cannot access
>> his e-mail. When Outlook opens it prompts for a password and does not
>> accept his password. Just keeps prompting. I have some shares on the
>> server that everyone has permissions to and until I upgraded the
>> server from SBS2000 to SBS2003 he could connect to everything fine.
>> Thanks for the assistance.
>>
> Basic advice:
> 1. Use login scripts so everyone has the same drive mappings
> 2. Use folder redirection to redirect My Documents to a subdirectory of
> the
> user's home directory
> 3. Store all business data on the server, not on the local computer
> 4. Use roaming profiles
>
> That said: are you using DHCP? Does this computer have the correct IP
> configuration - matching everyone else's? No external IP addresses
> specified
> for anything? What's the client workstation OS version? Is the computer
> correctly joined to the domain, presuming Win2k/XP Pro? Is the user
> logging
> into the domain? Can anyone else login to this workstation & connect
> normally?
>
>
>> Aaron
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:Odk1GlpuEHA.1448@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Aaron wrote:
>>>> Hello, I had a user that was having problems accessing shares and
>>>> some other stuff. This only happened when he logged on to his
>>>> computer. If he logged onto another computer he had no problems. I
>>>> deleted his computer account and created a new one. He is still
>>>> having problems. I get a message stating that he does not have
>>>> permissions whenever he tries to access any share on the server. I
>>>> think that it is something to do with his user profile on his
>>>> computer. Would deleting his profile on his computer and forcing a
>>>> new one to be created when he logs on help? or should I start from
>>>> scratch and create a different user account on the server? Thank you
>>>> very much for your time.
>>>>
>>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> Profiles don't control permissions - NTFS security settings (and
>>> share permissions) do.
>>> Computer accounts have nothing to do with this, either.
>>> What errors is he getting? How is he trying to access the shares?
>>> What permissions does he have on the shares in question (either
>>> individually set
>>> or via a group)? Do you use a login script?
>
>

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