Re: User Profiles not being loaded propery and Roaming profile appears
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 03/19/05
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:07:39 -0500
LMI wrote:
> I need to know how to fix the roaming profile issue. I have set up a
> user with the proper account information and noticed that when i go
> in and log into another computer his profile is roaming. The strange
> thing is that on his local computer when he logs in his profile is
> roaming. I checked the server and his profile hasn't been updated
> since october my mistake. However i need to fix this how?
Don't know what your setup is but a few things:
Install this on all your 2k/XP clients:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en
Below, please find my boilerplate on roaming profiles.
1. Set up a share on the server. For example - d:\profiles, shared as
profiles$ to make it hidden from browsing.
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.
* Make sure users understand that they should never 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. This is very very important. My clients' usual
user profile max size is 20-30MB. Redirect My Documents to a subfolder of
each user's home directory on the server - either via group policy (folder
redirection) or manually (not advisable). If you aren't going to also
redirect the desktop using policies, tell people not to store any files on
the desktop or or you will beat them soundly with a big 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.
---- In your case, since it sounds like the profile copy on the server is older than that on his workstation - on the server find his profile folder, take ownership if need be, and rename it to OLD-username or something. Then have the user log into the domain on his usual workstation (as in, the one that actually has *all* the settings he need) & then log out, and see if it uploads the profile to the new folder it has created. Do this *after* resolving the profile size issue and event log errors, and then install the User Profile Hive Cleanup service. That's how I'd handle this.
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