A Windows concept refering to allow a user to see their information and settings in differente computers saving the user profile in a network shared folder instead the local hard disk.
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Strange permission issue on Windows 7
To setup the scene, I have one of my users for whom roaming profile is enabled as well as folder redirection. My issue is that the user cannot open some files in the redirected folders (AppData, ...
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Fully delete roaming profile on terminal server upon user logoff
We're using roaming profiles on our terminal servers (running Win2k8). Occasionally, it is necessary to delete some of them, for example because of corruption or to test something. They store only ...
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Script to copy down portions of a roaming profile [closed]
I'm currently working on migrating users to Windows 7 from XP. We use roaming profiles. Xp creates a folder named "Profile", while Windows creates "Profile.V2". Theses folders are independent of each ...
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Windows Roaming Profile Reverting to Local Profile
I'm trying to set up roaming profiles within a Windows Server 2012 domain. Here is what I did:
I created a shared folder, which I am able to access at \\dc1\profile when logged in as the roaming ...
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Obscure network fault, Server2012/Win8 - Code = (34) STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED, Printer GPO
Anyone got any clues what could possibly be causing this error.
Environment is Server 2012 and Windows 8 with roaming user profiles, \Server\Profile$ & \Server\User$.
The trigger that causes ...
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Share desktop and documents folders among multiple Windows accounts?
We have several Windows workstations which are shared by multiple users. I'm currently considering a scheme where users have their own user accounts and profiles, but they share the same Desktop and ...
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Which files/folders are in my Windows 7 profile? [closed]
My computer (Windows 7 workstation connected to Windows 2003 servers) shows a size of around 600 MB for my 'local' type profile.
My AppData\Roaming folder has a size of 300 MB.
Where (in which local ...
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Roaming profiles with a Windows 2008 DC and a Linux File Server?
We have a Windows 2008 Server for our DC, Linux file server, and Windows 7 on our workstations.
What are any concerns with switching to roaming profiles with a linux file server?
Is this a simple ...
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Server 2003 can not see xp machines on network
I am tesing a few things and one of the things I need to get passed is this problem i`m scartching my head on.
I have server 2003 being used as a terminal server but we are getting rid of that and ...
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Switching Terminal Server users' profiles to their domain profiles
Ok so far this site has been a great help!.
i`ve fixed dns and Adding computers to domain now let me tell you what I need to do.
We have a small company 40-50 users. The last system admin had them ...
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Folder creation date is very recent, while last modified is years ago
We're experiencing some weird stuff with our roaming user profiles. We use folder redirection for Documents/Pictures/Music/Destkop/Downloads, yet these folders are being created in the roaming user ...
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How to use powershell to check the location of user profile locations on the server?
Is it possible to find all the users profiles that are not on a certain server/folder using powershell and regular expressions? If so how would one go about this?
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roaming profile vs folder redirection
I can't seem to find a consensus on what the differences are between the two. Roaming Profiles, Folder redirection or... both is one example. The top answer doesn't answer the question as to what data ...
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Server 2012 Roaming Profile from server 2008
I set up a new server 2012 Standard box on the LAN and created a new domain.
I've set the users profiles to roam. I'm trying to log on to the domain with one of the users I set up. The computer I'm ...
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fault in sync roaming profile
I am system admin of a business network.
I am on a Windows XP client. When a user logs off, naturally, it tries to sync changes with server. I noticed that the directory is wrong. It tries to sync ...
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Extracting Outlook part of Win 7 profile only
Where exactly are the Outlook configuration settings contained in a Windows 7 Office 2010 user profile?
I want to move a user from Win 7 Office 2010 to Win 8 Office 2013 but rather than keep the ...
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Profiles and using the local profile for a domain user
I’m having some trouble with profiles and would like to reach out for some help. I’ve tried to do some research to help myself along, but I’m not making much progress on my own. I’ve pretty much taken ...
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Setting up a Linux Ubuntu Server to provide Samba, AFP and Windows Roaming Profiles
I'm replacing our old Windows XP Pro office server with a HP Microserver running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS.
I'm not a Linux expert but I can find my way around a terminal prompt, I'm a Mac user by ...
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Specifying that certain computers / servers do not copy over a roaming profile when logging in?
We have a Windows Server 2008 r2 Standard and a server that everybody logs into using RDP which runs Windows Server 2003. Now when people log into the RDP server, they only use an MS-Access frontend ...
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Utility for notifying a user that their roaming profile is getting too large to copy before shutdown?
My users are having an issue with their roaming profiles getting too large and then their roaming profile is lost. I believe this is because this is because they are storing too much in their roaming ...
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How to use process monitor to view or log a windows login?
We're having some issues with Windows 7 Roaming profiles and I was reading here that the login process can be monitored using process monitor.
"There are a couple of ways to configure Process ...
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Ubuntu OpenLDAP and Mac OS X Roaming Profiles
Today, I'm installing OpenLDAP on Ubuntu 11.04. I have gone through the installation before a few times, but what I have never been able to do is use Mac OSX Lion's Directory Utility to administer ...
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Determine if current profile is roaming or mandatory
This may be more of a programming question, however, it also involves configuration, is there a way to easily, from within a script, or program determine if the current user's profile is roaming or ...
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Server 2008 Roaming Profiles and Chrome userdata
Firstly, this Server 2008 box has taken over from a server 2003 PDC several months ago and I can't quite say for certain that everything has transitioned correctly. The domain functionality has been ...
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Unwanted start menu items roaming with user profile
Our users are setup with roaming profiles in Active Directory.
The trouble is that when they install some application on, say, machine A and it creates a start menu shortcut in ...
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Logging in with Roaming Profile taking a long time
Sorry in advance if this is a bit of a newbie question, I'm new to this concept and I do not have control over the network setup and have little knowledge regarding network configuration.
I have a ...
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Roaming profiles fail to sync over WAN
We use roaming profiles for certain users. In the LAN environment it seems to work fine. When the profiles are instead placed on a fileserver on the WAN we've had many issues. The fileserver is ...
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Roaming Profiles & Redirected Folders - storage consumption? offline files and caching?
I understand the concepts of both roaming profiles and folder redirection and have used both separately before. I am about to set up a network from scratch and would ideally like to use both for the ...
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Remote Desktop Services roaming profile leaving local copy after logoff
I have a Windows 2008 Remote Desktop Server and a GPO redirecting Remote Desktop Services profiles to a netapp share. This works with one caveat. I am getting a local profile written as well as the ...
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How do I rename the server that offline folders are referencing?
Several users are using offline folders to refer to a server we want to decommission... actually the server is already offline and people have pending updates to this share.
What is the best way to ...
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Outlook 2010 produces “A File Error Has Occurred” when creating Signatures and user has a Roaming Profile
I've come across a problem that occurred in Windows 7 SP1, with Outlook 2010 SP1 with users connected to a Server 2008 R2 environment with Roaming Profiles and in particular Roaming App Data.
When ...
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Setting up default settings for new users on Windows 7
I'm setting up a lab with computers running specialized software. The computer is registered to a domain. I set up an admin account containing changes to the settings, bookmarks, etc. Whenever a ...
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Add permissions for a usergroup to all domainprofiles (roaming profiles) on server 2008 R2
This is our current situation: We have an active directory with Server 2008 R2 and roaming profiles which is currently in use (old server), and we have a new Server 2008 R2. We already set up a new AD ...
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How to connect Active Directory (AD - W2K3) to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP - Fedora + Dogtag)? [closed]
I want to connect a Active Directory (AD) to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) using Fedora + Dogtag after that using OS´s like Windows XP or 7 and Linuxs like Ubuntu they can access that ...
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Child Folder inheriting a permission that parent folder does not have (NTFS)
I'm reconfiguring roaming profiles on my network to use proper NTFS security settings according to this article. I have reset the following permissions on the roaming profile parent folder:
CREATOR ...
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How do you configure recycle bins on roaming profiles?
I copied the following from a post on the Spiceworks forum which remained unanswered:
Is there any way to place the Recycle Bin back on the desktop of a Roaming Profile with the Desktop being ...
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How Do I separate Windows 7 Roaming Profiles from Remote Desktop Services Profiles?
I have over one hundred users that have Windows 7 roaming profiles on a couple of Windows 2008 R3 servers. I have implemented a GPO for folder redirection for their Home directory (My Documents) and ...
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Disabling local profiles in active directory?
I'm using active directory to manage logins to a large number of servers. We have various admins that will be connecting via RDP to these servers. Is there a way I can force windows to remove their ...
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win7 and win xp roaming profile
I have a samba server with WinXP roaming profiles and now I have to have some win7 clients as well.
Is there any trick which would allowed to login any users on Winxp and Win7 with the same profile ...
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Active Directory in the cloud
My company is considering implementing Active Directory and Windows Server to manage our local network and workstations. The main benefits sought are central management of machines, security ...
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Group Policy / Roaming Profile Issue
I am running a Server 03 DC and this is happening on a Windows 7 PC. Each time we tried logging in as the user the only thing coming up is a temp profile. We thought it might be an issue with the way ...
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Terminal server logs off users after 5 minutes
We have the following domain setup:
Domain Function level: Server 2008
5 Server 2003 terminal servers
5 Server 2008 R1 terminal servers
150 staff who use mandatory profiles on their PCs
Those staff ...
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Excluding folders from a roaming profile, client-side
I am using a laptop connected to our company's domain network, and after logging in this morning it told me that I have exceeded my roaming profile space. After looking into the issue I realized that ...
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Windows 7 (roaming profiles) not seeing printers deployed with printer management?
I've got a network with about 15-20 printers deployed using printer management that is setup on a Win 2008 server.
All the users have roaming profiles.
All the XP machines get all the printers ...
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Active Directory Roaming Profile for Windows 7 User not Redirecting to V2 Folder
I've noticed a number of similar questions here on this topic but not quite on the money for the issue I'm seeing. Here's the details:
Windows 2008 DC, 3 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 clients;
Profiles ...
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What parts of a Roaming Profile get uploaded in Windows 7?
In previous versions of Windows, the Roaming Profile is uploaded only when the user logs off. However, in Windows 7, a Group Policy setting can allow the registry file to be uploaded in the ...
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“default” profile folder in a folder redirection/roaming profiles setup
Usually, under Windows Server 2008 R2, there is a folder c:\users\default. This folder is a template for new users logging on at the machine. So, if you create the folder c:\users\default\Desktop\Test ...
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windows 7 and windows 2003 roaming profile
I have a windows 2003 setup as the DC and I just got a new computer with windows 7 on it. But when I login with a user it take about 5 minutes to load the user profile, and when I logout it takes ...
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Deleting local profile after user logs off?
I am currently using roaming profiles and wante to configure all clients connected to the domain to delete the local profile once the user logs off.
Could this be done via a Group Policy? Script?
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Setting up Roaming Profiles?
How do I set up Roaming Profiles?
I'm currently running a Microsoft Server 2008 R2 as the Domain Controller (where I want the user's profiles also to be held). I also already have AD set up.
I've ...
