We are running NT Server4.0 with 4 machines each running NT 4.0 workstaion. The problem we are encountering is that each user has a 30 mb profile size but this is rapidly getting filled up by various files. We can delete temp internet files but over the past 4 months the history files have just started to build up and are not being deleted deleted. Some users now have history from IE 5 of 10 mb. Is this something to do with the roaming profile getting updated from the local? Even if we delete histrory from the server, the next time someone logs in it all appears again. We also seem to have alot of files in the profile from Corel Draw which again are filling up the space. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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CitrixEngineer
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Use a system policy to redirect temporary files out of the profile to a local folder.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
kevinnaomi
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Could you explain how to redirect the temp files using system policy?
Hi,
I believe you are using roaming profiles. I have had my share of problems with this one. Firstly, if you don't want to have these file re-appearing when the user logs on then do the following.
1. Log user off client machine. Make sure he/she is not logged on any other PC on the network.
2. Log onto his/her machine as Administrator, local or network.
3. Re-name the users local account. Just add ".bak".
4. Logon as the user. You will find that the PC will pull the server version of the users' profile.(the one you have just make smaller)
5. If anything goes wrong you still have a backup profile on the client's PC.
I Know your next question will be, "How do we do this on the whole network?"
Well, you can run a bat file in your logon script which will delete certain files at logon. That might ease the problem.
I believe you are using roaming profiles. I have had my share of problems with this one. Firstly, if you don't want to have these file re-appearing when the user logs on then do the following.
1. Log user off client machine. Make sure he/she is not logged on any other PC on the network.
2. Log onto his/her machine as Administrator, local or network.
3. Re-name the users local account. Just add ".bak".
4. Logon as the user. You will find that the PC will pull the server version of the users' profile.(the one you have just make smaller)
5. If anything goes wrong you still have a backup profile on the client's PC.
I Know your next question will be, "How do we do this on the whole network?"
Well, you can run a bat file in your logon script which will delete certain files at logon. That might ease the problem.
CitrixEngineer
Technical User
If you can get away with re-creating your users' profiles, then this would be the simplest solution;
Log on as a user with administrative rights, then simply redirect the Temporary Internet files in IE by editing the registry keys;
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Name: Cache
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: path to new folder
You can also redirect work folders;
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
Name: Cache
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: same path as above
As always; BACKUP the REGISTRY before doing this kind of thing - and you may want to try it on a test user or two before going live. CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk
Log on as a user with administrative rights, then simply redirect the Temporary Internet files in IE by editing the registry keys;
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Name: Cache
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: path to new folder
You can also redirect work folders;
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
Name: Cache
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: same path as above
As always; BACKUP the REGISTRY before doing this kind of thing - and you may want to try it on a test user or two before going live. CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk
Aslamvs
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HI,
Another way is you can exclude the "temperary inetrnet files " folder from the roaming profiles.
For applying this policy in open "ntconfig.pol" file in policy editor go to group you wabt to set policy for then under "windows Nt user profiles" tab there is policy called "exclude directories in roaming proflie" tick that box and specify the directories which you want to exlude. that's it.
HTH Aslam
Another way is you can exclude the "temperary inetrnet files " folder from the roaming profiles.
For applying this policy in open "ntconfig.pol" file in policy editor go to group you wabt to set policy for then under "windows Nt user profiles" tab there is policy called "exclude directories in roaming proflie" tick that box and specify the directories which you want to exlude. that's it.
HTH Aslam
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