Group policy - My documents not getting redirected

[unns6]

Hi,
We have Windows 2003 servers and group policy is set to redirect user's home directory to their My documents. But I noticed that after rebooting the server, some of the users experienced that they do not get their 'My documents' redirected to home folder. Why would that work for same group of users differently??
Please help

 

[58sniper]

Are there errors in event logs on either the server or workstation?

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)

 

[nige1121]

run GPRESULT in the command line to see what groups they are in. you should see your folder riderection policy in the applied section

 

[unns6]

Below is the gpresult for the user who is not able to get My documents redirected. But at the same time, on the same workstation, if another user logs in, it works fine.

RSOP results for NDSJ\bmcgarry on BMCGARRY-TCA50 : Logging Mode
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OS Type: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Configuration: Member Workstation
OS Version: 5.1.2600
Domain Name: NDSJ
Domain Type: Windows 2000
Site Name: SanJose
Roaming Profile: \\mail2\profiles\staff\bmcgarry
Local Profile: C:\Documents and Settings\bmcgarry
Connected over a slow link?: No


COMPUTER SETTINGS
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CN=BMCGARRY-TCA50,OU=Adobe7Fix,OU=Staff,OU=Machines,DC=ndsj,DC=org
Last time Group Policy was applied: 2/15/2006 at 2:11:37 PM
Group Policy was applied from: BLACKBAUD.ndsj.org
Group Policy slow link threshold: 500 kbps

Applied Group Policy Objects
-----------------------------
AdobeReader7
Machines
AdAwareSEUpdater
Default Domain Policy

The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Local Group Policy
Filtering: Not Applied (Empty)

The computer is a part of the following security groups:
--------------------------------------------------------
BUILTIN\Administrators
Everyone
BUILTIN\Users
NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users
BMCGARRY-TCA50$
Domain Computers


USER SETTINGS
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CN=McGarry\, Bridgit,OU=Staff,DC=ndsj,DC=org
Last time Group Policy was applied: 2/15/2006 at 2:15:03 PM
Group Policy was applied from: BLACKBAUD.ndsj.org
Group Policy slow link threshold: 500 kbps

Applied Group Policy Objects
-----------------------------
Default Domain Policy
staff
Default Domain Policy

The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Machines
Filtering: Not Applied (Empty)

Local Group Policy
Filtering: Not Applied (Empty)

AdAwareSEUpdater
Filtering: Not Applied (Empty)

AdobeReader7
Filtering: Not Applied (Empty)

Local Group Policy
Filtering: Not Applied (Empty)

The user is a part of the following security groups:
----------------------------------------------------
Domain Users
Everyone
BUILTIN\Users
NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users
LOCAL
Community Service
Athletics
SASIxpUsers
AllUsers
employee
Co-Curriculum
Faculty
Staff
SASI
scholarship

 

[nige1121]

which policy have you set the folder redirection in?

 

[wasisnt]

I had the same problem. Since we dont have too many users I just set the properties of My Documents to thier user folder on the server for each workstation.

http://www.onlinecomputertips.com

 

[PScottC]

Make sure the user's home folder actually exists and that the name is spelled the same as the user's name. (spelling is usually the problem)

PSC

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