Terminal Server Microsoft Office Profile Issues

[kellan4459]

I have Microsoft Office loaded on a Terminal Server. I have set up the Active Directory to map profiles and TS profiles to the D:\dept, where dept is the department of the user, of the server. The users profile is saved to the D: drive and loads from the D: drive fine. The problem I am having is that when users log in they are also getting a profile setup in C:\Documents and Settings. This seems to be caused by Office since the default file locations is defaulting to C:\Documents and Settings\user, where user is each user logged into the server. What has to be changed in order to get these profiles to map to the D:\ location of the user instead of the default c:? Can this be set to map to different file paths for each user so that all of their profile and office profiles are located in the same place? I am not sure of the complete implementation, I am doing the research and attempting to fix what someone else attempted. So how they did it originally is a question to me as well! So a detailed explanation of the correct steps or a link to information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[trusted]

Try using the UNC path instead of the local path D:\Dept.

For example if I had a server named File42 and the users profile were stored in a shared directory named Dept. I would enter the following path in the profiles and/or TS profile field. Using the %username% variable or you could use each users name.

\\file42\dept\%username%

 

[kellan4459]

That is how I have it done, Microsoft is still defaulting to the c:\Documents and Settings\user

Is there a way to set that to go to the users profile location, instead of the default path?

 

[trusted]

Are the ntuser.dat files located in the profile directories located in the D:\dept location for the users in question?

If you log on to a users computer as the Administrator. Then right click on My Computer and select properties from the list and then choose the user profile tab. What kind of profiles are the users that use that machine Local or Roaming?

If they are showing up as Local. Try coping them to the D:\dept location.

 

[kellan4459]

The machines are thin clients with xp embedded as the OS. They are set to run Remote Desktop Connection on boot. So there is no local logon just the logon to the terminal server.