Re: Roaming Profiles

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Custom GT <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
were already setup on roaming profiles, the guy who did our sbs set it
up.
he quit so now im trying to figure it all out.

Ok I did this.
I opened up //myserver/profiles/mycomputer/desktop

Eh? I'm not sure what youmean.

It wouldn't be your computer name. \\server\profileshare\username\ ....

i then added a new bitmap image on my physical desktop on my PC. I
then looked in //myserver/profiles/mycomputer/desktop and refreshed
it, it did not add it thier.

Did you log out after you changed your wallpaper? That's the only way a
roaming profile gets updated on the server.

this would mean were using roaming profiles with offline (local) files
right?

No, it doesn't necessarily mean that at all.

So what your saying, Folder Redirection is when your profile (desktop,
mydocuments, etc) are stored on the server only, none on the personal
computers. So if the server is down you cant use your computer?

Pretty much, but a) that shouldn't happen and b) if there's a situation so
serious that the server is down, I don't want people accessing locally
cached files that they might not be able to sync back to the server.

thanks for all the help, sorry i am so dense lol.

No prob, hope this makes it clearerl

-Matt

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
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Custom GT <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
ok...could u explain?

say i open off the desktop of a roaming file, matt.xls

i modify it and save it

then my computer crashes.

Did this get copied to my /profile/matt on the server? or maybe it
copies to my HD and syncs with the /profile/matt when i logon and
off?

Forget the roaming profile issue for a second...

If you are using folder redirection, *just* folder redirection,
you're accessing the file from the server. So, whatever you saved,
you saved. Whatever you didn't save, you didn't. There's only that
one file.

If you're using offline files, you're accessing a local copy of the
file. Which may or may not get saved/synced to the server when/if
you crash.

OK - and if you were using (properly configured!) roaming profiles,
and you hadn't done folder redirection for Desktop, there is still a
copy of that file in your profile folder on the server. So, the
saved file on your desktop ought to copy up to the profile folder on
the server, when you next log in.

I do not like offline files. I have found more problems than I can
name with that feature, and I won't use it. Other people love them,
so, your mileage may vary.

I suggest you enable folder redirection for My Documents (and perhaps
Desktop, but frankly, I usually prefer to tell users, "don't save
crap on the desktop"). I also suggest you disable offline files, but
that's your choice. When you have everything working, then you can
look into roaming profiles if you wish to use them.




thanks

matt

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
In news:1159911816.863007.58460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Custom GT <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hello

I was just curious on how roaming profiles worked. We have them
set up with sbs 2003.


If my desktop pc is logged into the domain, and it gets unplugged,
is my data (my user data) kept in sync with the server or does it
only write to it when you do a log off or a restart/shutdown?


I have always wondered how this work....


thanks


Matt


Reply

You're confusing "offline files" (which I think are icky) with
"roaming profiles" (which I personally like, when they're
configured properly).



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