Roaming Profile Access Denied 1

[JPJeffery]

Hello!

I've just installed Windows 7 (Technet edition) on a new PC here at work.

My AD account has a roaming profile called \\srv01\jeffery_j$\roamprof.

At some point during the logon/logoff process a new folder is created on the server called \\srv01\jeffery_j$\roamprof.V2. I'm guessing this 'V2' suffix is added is because of significant changes to the folder structure compared to the XP profile and to avoid a messy merge of the two.

Having created a file on my desktop when I log off the profile copies up to the fileserver apparently without error. If I look in the folder on the server the desktop file I created is there.

However, when I log on I get a message to the effect of "Windows has logged you on with your local profile copy due to problems accessing your roaming copy". When I look in Eventvwr I see this event:

[tt]Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service
Date: 01/10/2009 10:05:38
Event ID: 1521
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: TTINT\jeffery_j
Computer: ITW7.ttint.com
Description:
Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the server when you log off. This error may be caused by network problems or insufficient security rights.

DETAIL - Access is denied.[/tt]

This implies a security issue, but if I can write to the folder (as proved by the desktop icon I created) and I can browse to it what can be wrong?

As a further test I logged off from the PC, created another file in the Desktop folder on the server and logged back on to the PC. This new file does not appear on the PC.

I've checked the permissions in the HKCU hive and my AD account has full control.

Any ideas, folks?

JJ
[small][purple]Variables won't. Constants aren't[/purple]
There is no apostrophe in the plural of PC (or PST, or CPU, or HDD, or FDD, and so on)[/small]

 

[linney]

I wonder if it is anything to do with the location of XP User folders versus the location of Vista and Windows 7 Users folders? The paths to User folders has changed between the operating systems. In Windows 7, or Vista, manually trying to access Documents and Setting shortcuts on the Windows 7 or Vista machine will produce an Access Denied message. Probably irrelevant but I thought I'd mention it.

See if these are of any use?

Roaming profiles with server 2008. Why .V2 folders?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...g/thread/b59a587e-bb7f-4ed1-8e4c-7b9fa6056394

Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide

http://www.google.com/search?q=Mana...-au&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

Event ID 1521 Source Userenv

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1521&eventno=3573&source=Userenv&phase=1

 

[linney]

Does this help with any log files that might throw some light on the problem?

Windows 2008 Server -- the domain users are take a long time to login

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...n/thread/3a449464-1766-4653-9618-96198c48b884

 

[JPJeffery]

Darn rude of me to not keep up with my own threads.

It was, in fact, a permissions problem. After re-reapplying the permissions the roaming profile now works fine.

Thanks for your contributions.

JJ
[small][purple]Variables won't. Constants aren't[/purple]
There is no apostrophe in the plural of PC (or PST, or CPU, or HDD, or FDD, or photo, or breakfast...and so on)[/small]

 

[linney]

Glad that the problem was fixed, what is it they say, "no news is good news"?