Roaming Profile No Working

[1DMF]

Hi,

The Boss logged on to another machine today, but his profile didn't download.

The desktop is empty and went through the usual set up for new users when outlook was opened, word , excel etc..

What could be stopping the roaming profile from downloading to this specific machine?




"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."

"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!

 

[ShackDaddy]

Have you ever copied a good working profile out to your profiles share? Can you confirm that there's an actual profile out on the server ready to use? And how have you put the profile out there? Did you copy it manually, or did you use the profile tool on the client to do it? Doing the latter will ensure that the right permissions will be set for that user.

Dave Shackelford
Shackelford Consulting

 

[1DMF]

? no , I thought you just give the path in AD Users Profile section and the server does the rest.

Everyone else works fine doing that.

Should I delete his folder on the server and then log on via his actuall machine to ensure the new profile coppies over?

Or is there a better way to do this.

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."

"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!

 

[ShackDaddy]

So there IS a profile on the server, and it's been updated when he logged on to other workstations? In that case, you shouldn't need to do what I described.

Also, Vista and XP profiles aren't compatible, but I figure you know that already.

Dave Shackelford
Shackelford Consulting

 

[1DMF]

You've lost me?

What do I need to do to resolve this problem?

N.B. All Machines are XP Pro SP3

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."

"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!

 

[ShackDaddy]

When you look on the server, in the folder path you used for the profile, do you see an actual profile with all the normal profile folders in it? If so, great. There's a profile. If not, then the method I described above should be used to copy a profile there. Is it possible that in the past this guy wasn't really using a roaming profile? If there's nothing in the server-based profile path, then he wasn't using a roaming profile.

Dave Shackelford
Shackelford Consulting

 

[1DMF]

By default I cannot see what's in the profile folders , they are locked down to user access only.

I get access denied, even when logged on as administrator, is this not normal?

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."

"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!

 

[ShackDaddy]

Try looking at your backed up data to see what's in that directory. If you are using native SBS Backup, go into the Restore tab of NTBackup and browse to that directory.

Dave Shackelford
Shackelford Consulting