Re: Roaming Problems

Hi Cliff

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, much appreciated!

In answer to your questions
Problem One
1) All machines are on the same OS
2) There are no additional security filters or WMI filters applied to the
GPO that control profiles and folder redirection (unless there is a sneaky
one lurking somewhere that I have missed?)
3) Logons, I have logged on and off multiple times and the GPOs still are
not picking up

On a more positive note, I have run a test on one terminal and gpupdate
/force appears to have done the trick! I will try and roll this out across
the floor tonight and keep you updated on if there are any other problems.

Problem Two
1) Yes this was a fail on both fronts, either with folder redirection or
roaming profile or bother.
2) (Sorry for not giving more details in my original message) The terminal
just sits on the logon screen (I even left it over an entire weekend to see
if it would budge but to no joy) there are no error messages on the terminal
and when I look on the server logs I can see the terminal and the user
logging on, then after about 5 mins they both logoff

Thanks also for the tip about Appdata!


"Cliff Galiher" wrote:

Problem 1:
1) Are all machines in the same OU?
2) Are there additional security filters or WMI filters applied to the GPO
that controls profiles and folder redirection?
3) Folder Redirection *must* be applied at logon. That means that it can
take up to two logons (the other variable being time) before it is applied.
The first logon may force the detection the new GPO if it hadn't been
detected by a background refresh yet. and the second to actually apply it.
Has this been done? Worst case, use gpupdate /force to get this done. It
must be run *as* the user since folder redirection is a user GPO. So
logging in as administrator won't do the trick.

Problem 2:
1) Is it truly and/or? Folder redirection w/o a roaming profile fails?
Roaming profile w/o folder redirection fails? Both on fails? Or does one
of those combinations work? Please, test *all three* and verify. Also
verify that folder redirction *is* applied (via problem 1) above. Don't
just assume it is.
2) HOW does the logon fail? You posted no behavior, no error messages. I
doubt this problem is related to problem 1, but I certainly need more info.

I've been using roaming profiles with Vista and SBS 2003 since December '07
with very few issues, so I can tell you it works. Also, just as a peice of
advice....avoid redirecting Appdata. Too many applications react poorly to
this folder being on a network resource. Maybe as programmers get more
Vista compliant, that will change...but...for now...


-Cliff

"Keith Whittle" <KeithWhittle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dear All
(I'm sure I just heard a collective groan upon everyone reading roaming
problems!)

I have just switched us over to roaming profiles and I am having a few
problems. I have searched through the forums several times and as yet
nothing
seems to have helped in this situation.

Problem One:
Having switched everyone over to roaming profiles and folder redirection,
not all of the client terminals are picking up the GPOs for the
redirections.
When I run rsop.msc on the clients I can see that of the folders that
should
be redirected (Appdata, Desktop, Start Menu, Documents, Pictures, Music,
Video) not all have these are pointing to the new network location,
sometimes
just 3 or 4 of the redirections are pointing to the correct location (if
at
all). There seems to be generally a real inconsistency to this, some
clients
not roaming at all, some partial, some are fine. How can I get this sorted
and cleaned up?

Problem Two: (probably/might be related to One)
One user profile is unable to even log on if roaming profiles and/or
folder
redirection is switched on.

I am running SBS 2003 R2 and clients are running Vista Enterprise.
Many thanks in advance for all offers of assistance.
Keith

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