Group Policy Prob

[TidyTrax]

Im having problems implementing Group Policy for setting the target path for My Documents. I have gone through the process of changing the Folder Redirection option of my GPO - i have changed it tooo \\mbpdc\usersDocs\%username%

But has no effect on any of the Win 2k or XP machines on the network - they all still point to the previous place which is c:\documents and settings\username\my documents

Now i was wondering why the policy is not enforcing???? The rest of the group policy enforces just fine all except this rather important part!!!! Any pointers????

 

[markdmac]

Did you allow time for replication? Also, do the directories you are pointing to exist?

 

[TidyTrax]

No i didnt allow for replication. And yes the directories already exist. And the users have the approriate permissions for these directories. Should i allow for replication???

 

[coleford]

Some points I have had to look at with regards to this are;

Is DNS perfect? Group Policy relies on DNS for implementation - this is particularly susceptible with XP machines.

Check the event logs on the clients - sometimes the reason the redirection wasn't applied will be listed.

Are you using Roaming Profiles?? I have found that I needed to delete the locally cached profile on the clients before the new policy would apply!

 

[TidyTrax]

Thanks for the response Coleford - yeah im using roaming profiles, the thought re: locally cached profile did occur to me, i tryed deleting and then loggin in user again but the path had not changed.

I shall investigate possible problems with the DNS implementation, anything in particular i should look for????? And i will check the event logs!!