Re: ROAMING PROFILES & OFFLINE FILES

Thanks for that makes more sense now

What would be the best way of removing the roaming prifiles without loosing
any configurations like word macros etc.

Also can I delete the user profile thats jammed on the local machine or will
that utility deal with this?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

mark-docendo <markdocendo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can anyone throw any light on what has gone wrong - I have no
experience with roaming profiles at all.
I have inherited an installation that has both of the above and today
loged on to two computers using the same logon at the same time
(something I do all the time normally without RP's)

Don't do that if you have a roaming profile - see below.

Problem is Word
now opens deadly slow when using the users usual PC. If the user
logs onto another pc all ok. and if log another user onto the
offending PC word is fine.
Problem seems to be made worse and hang word completely if opening
anything from one particular directory on server.
can anyone tell me what I did wrong.
possible resolution.
and is it easy to remove roaming profiles & offline files.
THANKS
MARK

Offline files are not related to roaming profiles - nor to folder
redirection. I would disable offline files entirely if it were my network.
Here's my boilerplate on roaming profiles - they can work very well if
they're set up properly - but shouldn't be attempted if they aren't.


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General tips:

1. Set up a share on the server. For example - d:\profiles, shared as
profiles$ to make it hidden from browsing. Make sure this share is *not* set
to allow offline files/caching! (that's on by default - disable it)

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.

5. If you want the administrators group to automatically have permissions to
the profiles folders, you'll need to make the appropriate change in group
policy. Look in computer configuration/administrative templates/system/user
profiles - there's an option to add administrators group to the roaming
profiles permissions.

Notes:

* Make sure users understand that they should not 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. Via group policy, redirect My Documents at the
very least - to a subfolder of the user's home directory or user folder.
Also consider redirecting Desktop & Application Data similarly..... so the
user will have:

\\server\home$\%username%\My Documents,
\\server\home$\%username%\Desktop,
\\server\home$\%username%\Application Data.

Alternatively, just manually re-target My Documents to
\\server\home$\%username% (this is not optimal, however!)

If you aren't going to also redirect the desktop using policies, tell users
that
they are not to store any files on the desktop or you will beat them with a
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.

* The User Profile Hive Cleanup Utility should be running on all your
computers. You can download it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en


Roaming profile & folder redirection article -
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Profile-Folder-Redirection-Windows-Server-2003.html





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