Re: Roaming profiles on SBS 2003...SUCCESS!!!
- From: "Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:54:48 -0700
Hello!
I gave the roaming profiles a test on my home SBS 2003 server today,
starting with just the profile path in the user's account properties, which
did not work (in spite of several articles saying it will). I then added the
folder redirection via GPO as Dana recommended...and it works great.
Thank you for the help! Once again, these forums come to the rescue!
Gregg Hill
"Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ObmtKo0uFHA.2948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> At the client, I have only the profile path done, and the Application Data
> folder and ntuser.dat file are on the server share under the test user's
> folder, but the desktop preferences did NOT get applied when logging into
> a second workstation. There is no folder redirection there yet, but with
> the proper folders and ntuser.dat on the server share, I thought it would
> pull the settings from there.
>
> I will give the roaming profiles a test on my home SBS 2003 server this
> weekend, starting with just the profile path, then the redirection via
> GPO.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Gregg Hill
>
>
>
> "Stokes" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:hNKWe.1235$nV1.396@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Gregg Hill wrote:
>>> Dana,
>>>
>>> "Theoretically you are right, but...." I was afraid you were going to
>>> say that! It seems that a lot of Microsoft stuff has great theory but
>>> terrible implementation.
>>>
>>> When you set up your users that way, do their desktop preferences, i.e.
>>> Classic Menu, vs. Eye Candy Menu, etc, also get applied to the roaming
>>> profile, or just desktop icons, docs, etc?
>>>
>>> Gregg Hill
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dana" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:LBGWe.1155$nV1.805@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Gregg
>>>>
>>>> Theoretically you are right, but It does not work. Here is the setup
>>>> for my roaming profile users:
>>>> My docs appdata and desktop redirected to their home directory, let's
>>>> say \\server\%username%
>>>> The roaming profile points to the same place. This way, When a user
>>>> logs on to another PC, he will always link his data (icons, shortcuts,
>>>> desktop etc) properly. I have over 20 users working this way. The only
>>>> problem? If your network server is down...
>>>> "Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:u0z2n1tuFHA.728@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Dana,
>>>>>
>>>>> When I set up my test user, I added two text files to the desktop so I
>>>>> could see where they would reside. They both ended up on the server
>>>>> and not the local profile when I logged off. That is why I expected
>>>>> the server-stored roaming profile to be loaded when I logged in from a
>>>>> different workstation.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I understand you correctly, you are saying that even though the
>>>>> shared folder on the server had the user's profile created under it
>>>>> when I added \\servername\profiles$\%username% to the user's account
>>>>> profile path, including Desktop, Favorites, My Documents, etc, that I
>>>>> still need to use folder redirection in a GPO to get it to see the
>>>>> Desktop, Favorites, My Documents, etc folders on the server when
>>>>> logging in from a different computer. Is that correct?
>>>>>
>>>>> The test user account that was set up with the profile path to the
>>>>> server share did not have ANY of its preferences when I logged into a
>>>>> different workstation. It just set up a local profile as though it
>>>>> were a brand new computer (which it was, as far as that user was
>>>>> concerned, because the test account had never logged into it before).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for helping!
>>>>>
>>>>> Gregg Hill
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dana" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:nTAWe.39$%i1.22@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Every time you log on to a PC, a profile is created for you. When
>>>>>> creating a roaming profile, you are requested to enter a location for
>>>>>> the files which should be a network location. If there are no
>>>>>> personal settings when logging in, they will be created for you.
>>>>>> Items not not on the network will be missing, like icons etc. If you
>>>>>> redirect it to the network, it will look at an existing location via
>>>>>> your policy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:OsQ5AbouFHA.3400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Dana,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just looked at the client's SBS 2003 server. I had set up a new
>>>>>>> user called "testuser" in order to test roaming profiles. Under the
>>>>>>> initial C:\Profiles folder I had created, there is a "testuser"
>>>>>>> folder that has the user's Desktop, My Documents, Application Data,
>>>>>>> Cookies, etc folders under it. That happened without a GPO to
>>>>>>> redirect folders. All I did was log into an XP SP2 station, then log
>>>>>>> out. As soon as I logged out, that folder structure was created on
>>>>>>> the server share.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If those folders are there, why are they not used when the
>>>>>>> "testuser" account has the profile path added to the account
>>>>>>> properties and I log into that account from a second XP SP2
>>>>>>> workstation?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gregg Hill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Dana" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:QetWe.13334$XO6.1112@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> Gregg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The creation on local pc is natural if the "My Documents" is not
>>>>>>>> redirected, "desktop" not redirected etc.
>>>>>>>> You need to redirect my documents to a network location via
>>>>>>>> policies (user settings> folder redirection), same goes for all
>>>>>>>> settings you want to roam. Then you can have the user "look" at the
>>>>>>>> same things on every work stations.
>>>>>>>> I hope I made myself clear.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:uSqD%23HouFHA.3000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have read several articles about how to set up roaming profiles
>>>>>>>>> in Server 2003. One
>>>>>>>>> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316353)
>>>>>>>>> stated that all that was needed was to set up a shared folder with
>>>>>>>>> appropriate NTFS permissions, then add the profile path to the
>>>>>>>>> users' account "Profile path" property.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I did that, and when the test user logs into XP then logs out
>>>>>>>>> again, all his profile folders and files get created under the
>>>>>>>>> share on the server. When I go to another workstation, that
>>>>>>>>> profile is NOT loaded...it just creates another local profile on
>>>>>>>>> the second station.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Another article
>>>>>>>>> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324749)
>>>>>>>>> stated that I have to log in as a test user, log out, log in as
>>>>>>>>> the admin, copy the profile to a share on the server, add the path
>>>>>>>>> to the user's account profile, etc. That seemed ridiculous that I
>>>>>>>>> would have to do the profile copy for every user on every
>>>>>>>>> computer. I must have missed something in that article. There has
>>>>>>>>> to be a better way.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How do I make roaming user profiles work on SBS 2003? Is there a
>>>>>>>>> way to do it via GPO?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I swear that the "simple" things sometimes elude me on purpose!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Gregg Hill
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Every single setting is applied. The settings are determined by the
>> location of Application Data and ntuser.dat. Try one machine and see.
>>
>> --
>> Dana
>> http://www.woodcontour.com
>> Solid Wood and Stone PC Peripherals
>
>
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