Re: One Users My Documents no longer redirected.

You'll love Owen's method then - users will find that when they log into the
laptop, they're just connected to the LAN wirelessly without doing anything,
and without any significant delay.


"SusanV" <svanallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Dave and thanks for responding.

An experimental trial sounds like an excellent idea - the location where
this WAP would be installed only has 12 users, and on an average day
perhaps 5 or 6 are in the office. Definitely worth looking into - it would
make things so much simpler if when they come in and boot up for the WAP
to auto-magically update everything without them needing to find a network
jack etc etc. Half the time when they come in to the office over there
they don't even connect to the network at all because it's a PITA (their
words).

Thanks again,

SusanV

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hi SusanV,

I'm aware of the database issues in general terms, but unfortunately I
don't have any direct experience that would let me answer informatively.
One thing I would guess - until recently most people had 10 mbps ethernet
connections. Now they have 100 mbps but you wouldn't expect to be using
all that. So I would think that a wireless 54 mbps connection would be
good enough for almost anything.

Two thoughts: you could try this fairly simply without going through
Owen's configuration - just manually configure WPA on the access point
and one laptop, and try it for a day or two to see what happens. And, if
you end up implementing it, make sure you have enough access points for
the total number of client PCs. One is generally enough for an SBS-sized
network, but if you need more, make sure you get them. The manufacturer
should have guidelines for the number of simultaneous client connections
their device supports.


"SusanV" <svanallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Dave,

I'm looking into setting up a WAP for a remote location where almost all
the users have laptops, and the article by Owen Williams you linked is
excellent - thank you! However, I've heard bad things about database
corruption, especially Access databases (split, of course). Do you know
whether the newer faster wireless protocols alleviate this problem?
These users are almost all heavy Access users (individual front-ends,
back-end on server), and db corruption is a deal breaker...

Any info would be welcome!

TIA,
SusanV

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Good news. Thanks for the update.

By the way, there's a way to configure your wireless so that the
wireless client PCs will log into the network without a user login. It
uses certificate-based authentication so that the wireless network
behaves as the wired one does - among other things, GPOs apply
normally, and WSUS will update the client PC without a user login.
This has the added benefit of being the most secure configuration. SBS
MVP Owen Williams has it all documented here:

Configuring Secure Wireless Network Access with Microsoft® Windows®
Small Business Server 2003
http://home.comcast.net/~clearviewtc/


"whaden" <whaden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for your help.

Re-attaching to the wired network allowed the force GPO update to
work. All
redirected folders have been restored and work again on the wired, as
well
as, wireless connections.

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

I agree that the wired network is a good thing to test early,
although I
also agree that this is probably not the cause, given that the
machine can
access everything else.

I would connect it to the wired LAN, then do a gpupdate /force. Look
in the
system and application logs to see what complaints were registered
when the
group policies failed to update. Also, make sure all the appropriate
services are running. Check the Windows Firewall on the laptop to
make sure
its settings compare favorably with a normally functioning machine.
And, if
you have any 3rd party security software on that PC, you may want to
consider disabling that as a test.


"whaden" <whaden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for your reply.
I tried the to force the GP but that didn't work, so I used the
RSOP.msc.
The computer and account had the Red Xs, so I looked at the error
file and
got this:

"Friday, October 26, 2007 1:39:19 PM

Group Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error listed below.
The specified domain either does not exist or could not be
contacted.

Note: Due to the GP Core failure, none of the other Group Policy
components
processed their policy. Consequently, status information for the
other
components is not available."

This might be a "Duh" but just know that he has no problem accesses
any
other part of the network including Exchange and mapped drives.

The user doesn't have a specific desktop PC on the LAN, but can
login to
any
other PC and get his My Documents just fine. It also work just
fine when
he
logs onto the Terminal Services server.

One thing I haven't tried yet (and will when I can) is to attach
the
laptop
directly to the LAN (as opposed to the wireless router). Other
users on
the
wireless are not having issues, so I'm fairly certain this is a
specific
laptop issue.

Thanks again and have a good weekend. I will check back on Monday.



"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

There's got to be some reason why the group policy is not getting
applied
to
that laptop. If you're using wireless, you could try connecting
to the
wired network to see if that makes a difference. Open a cmd prompt
and
run
gpupdate /force. If the policies don't apply correctly, the
system
should
log an error that will point you to the cause.

You can also do Start -> Run -> Rsop.msc, which will run a wizard
showing
the policies applied to that user and computer. You should then
be able
to
find the redirection policy to see what's applying.

Does this user have a desktop PC on your LAN, and if so, do his
documents
from that PC get redirected normally? Is the user account in the
same
active directory OU as the other users whose redirection works?
If not,
either move the account, or link the redirection GPO to the other
OU.

"whaden" <whaden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:348E0F5B-497B-4712-BA45-45F9A3D60351@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

We use a group policy to redirect user's My Documents folders to
a user
share on the network. We do not use roaming profiles and are
happy
with
the
current arrangement.

I have one user whose My Documents are not appearing on a
specific
client
laptop. If he logs on to any other computer, his My Documents
on the
share
are accessible.

The Target on this laptop defaults to the "administrator/my
documents"
on
the local drive. I have tried to manually type the correct
path, but
it
will
not allow me.

I have also tried to disconnect the client laptop from the
domain,
delete
and recreate the client computer on SBS and re-attach the laptop
to the
domain using the /connectcomputer script.

This has not worked.

I have created a temporary local drive mapping to the user share
folder,
so
the user can access his files.

How can I get the correct access to the redirected folder or.
Is there a way to manually access the redirected folder.
















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