Re: SBS 2003 - Adding Users *unable to create home folder*

Hi ET,

The most common cause of this error is that the users share has been
re-located, and the wizard is unaware of the new location. Have a look at
this 'how to'.

Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
Follow these instructions to move one or all of the Windows Small Business
Server 2003 data folders.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/productdoc/de...



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Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
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"ETSaum" <ETSaum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> recently added five supplemental CALs to our server running SBS 2003.
> However, when I try to add users, it is unable to complete the account
> creation, because it can't create the home folder for the user. There
> are less than the 10 license maximum of XP users logged in, but if you
> count *all* the users, I am beyond that (two or three old machines
> running 98 SE). All told, there are 12 computers connected, and it
> will not let me create full accounts - consistently not creating the
> home folder or setting the quota max. Is the fix another $500 and 5
> more CALs?
>
>
> Mayday, mayday, going down in flames here... about ready to punt the
> two new Dell desktops and one Dell laptop I've been tasked to
> configure...
>
> I start the "Add New User" Wizard, put in all of the information,
> select the "User" template, type the name of the computer to configure,
> and when I hit "Next" it points out that it could not create the home
> folder, and asks if I want to keep the User anyways? All of the
> previous machines, including one with SP2, have never had this problem.
> I also notice that under User Shared Folders there *aren't* folders
> for the two user accounts that are giving me grief...
>


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