Questions tagged [roaming-profile]
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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Roaming Profile where user NOT owner, but no errors seen
Here I am complaining that I am NOT seeing errors. This might seems strange, but the expected behaviour, as I understand it, is that I should see errors under this configuration.
We have had roaming ...
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Save Outlook credentials in Active Directory
I have an AD with roaming user profiles. Credentials, for example for Office365, don't seem to be stored in the roaming profile, however. When the user switches to a new computer for the first time, ...
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Why do Roaming User Profiles stay at home?
PREFACE: I am a helpdesk operator/student who has volunteered to work on local small business IT problems for experience. I apologize in advance if I have missed an obvious solution!
I am attempting ...
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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 user....
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Migrated Windows 10 Roaming Profiles to new server, now seeing Error - Event ID 1521
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I migrated the storage of some people's roaming profile from one Windows Server to another, and updated the profile location through Active Directory to reflect the change. Now for ...
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Linux Samba server for Windows roaming profiles?
I have an existing Windows domain using Windows 2016, and I want to set up roaming profiles. I would like however to use a linux box (CentOS 8 ideally) for the actual fileshare to save a license.
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Windows 10 apps missing with roaming profiles
We use roaming profiles in our environment and am having an issue with Windows 10 deployments and I have narrowed it down to an issue with the fact that its a roaming profile because it does not ...
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RDS Terminal server profile migration
I need help with RDS profile migration.
We have 2 domains. Domain A and Domain B. Our terminal server is in Domain A and user profile created in file server (different location) as roaming profile.
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What does the Profile path field do in ADUC?
I noticed today that about 1/3 of our users have an empty field here in their ADUC properties
The other 2/3 have "\\servername\profiles$\username". What I'm wondering is how it's possible that 33% ...
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smbd left running after user logs out from windows
I have few problems with my Samba4 Active Directory server.
First of all, when user logs out of Windows machine, corresponding smbd process sometimes doesn't end and keeps showing in smbstatus even ...
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How to configure ACLs for roaming profiles and redirected folder in AGDLP context
We looked for a long time on internet before to write this long post, but we didn't find any solution to this specific case, even on Microsoft's website.
Long story to understand the context
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Why do certain Appdata settings disappear after relogging a Roaming Profile?
I'm running into a pretty frustrating situation. Our users running on Windows 7 & 10 are using certain third party applications on their computers like:
Slack
Dropbox
Spotify
Whatsapp
Every time ...
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It takes double times to login comparing to SAS based NAS when roaming profile is provided from All flash NAS
I'm going to migrate the NAS storage from a SAS-based one to an all-flash one. Purpose of NAS is Windows roaming profiles for virtual desktop.
I'm in trouble when user login using roam profiles ...
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Citrix users cannot add locations to favorites in Explorer
Citrix users (Windows Server 2008R2/XenDesktop 7 Published Desktops) are unable to drag locations to "Favorites" in Explorer. Icon changes to a red "no" symbol. Users have roaming profiles.
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Computer Trying to Load Roaming Profile from Wrong Location
I'm working with a Windows Server 2008 R2 AD DC ("SERVER1") and a Windows 7 Professional desktop ("DESKTOPELIA") that has been added to my domain.
I've set the profile path for my test account to
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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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Roaming Profiles inheriting IE esc and other IE security settings from TS 2008 R2 server
I've recently set up a terminal server for remote access purposes, I'm using roaming profiles for all users as all clients use W7. I'm seeing some strange behaviour when they log on to the server ...
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How to make Windows roaming profile with Linux
I have 2 labs with 20 computers each of them. All the computers are running Windows XP Pro and the user profile is loaded from a SunOS system (Solaris 8).
No matter which PC the user will use, he ...
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Windows 7 Simulate corrupted profile
For testing purposes I need to simulate what happens when a user gets a temporary profile.
Desktop Environment: Windows 7 Enterprise
Server: Windows 2012
The user would be setup with a roaming ...
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Using old roaming profiles after Domain controller change
Is it possible to keep the current network profiles on users' machines even if the domain changes?
It is not necessary to migrate current users from the old server, but the local network profiles ...
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AD Users sharing a Home Folder/Profile
I'm facing a unique challenge.
As part of our transition to a new Active Directory Domain, we must ensure compliance by assigning each user a unique User Account identified by their name.surname
Given ...
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Roaming profiles: synchronization at logon mixing up timestamps?
In our Active Directory with roaming profiles I see frequent Events with Id 69 in log "Microsoft-Windows-User Profile Service/Operational".
These events warn about NTUSER.DAT not being ...
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Printers deployed through GPO disappear on terminal server
Windows Server 2012 Print Server and Domain Controller.
Printers deployed with GPO, per user and per machine, to Windows Server 2019 Terminal Server.
Main issue:
Every time I logon to Terminal All/...
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Robocopy getting access denied but Copy isn't
For Offline work purposes, I was asked to copy users Network drive to their local machines and then from that point forward keep the two sync'd up.
I am having a weirdly hard time even starting this ...
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How to use Office365 with Roaming Profiles, without require user to enter credentials/activate on every pc?
What are we missing? We try to use Office365 and roaming profiles. The problem is that applications prompt the user to login (or activate) when they roam to another pc.
I have read: https://learn....
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Does 'Recycle Bin' storage affect roaming profile space?
Our company allocates 40MB space for profile storage on the server. A user has a file of 15MB in his Recycle Bin which was deleted from his Desktop. In the past few weeks this user noticed a message ...
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Changes to the value for Remote Desktop Services User Profile path do not take
TLDR; I can't figure out where the value for %appdata% is set for RDS servers. This appears to be different from the "Remote Desktop Services User Profile" directory in ADUC, as I can ...
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Non-persistent Windows VDI with user profiles
We operate a Windows virtual desktop infrastructure with around 30 virtual machines. We have around 300 different users. All of them access the machines in arbitrary order and frequency. Each user has ...
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Outlook Exchange Active Sync with roaming profiles
I have some computers with Win 10, Outlook 2016 and roaming profiles.
I want to access email through Exchange ActiveSync
When I configure Outlook, the OST File ist stored in %userprofile%\appdata\...
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AD programs per roaming profile
Is it possible to make programs roaming with each user profile?
I wish to make it so that each user with a roaming profile has their own programs that load with their profile?
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Best way to transfer a Windows roaming profile on a Samba 4 PDC server
I am migrating a old Samba 3 Primary Domain Controller to a new Samba 4 server, creating a new domain and new users. My Windows 7 test client can correctly join the domain and new users can logon on ...
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Roaming Profiles multiple sites
I work for a SMB. Our central office houses our servers, and users in that office have accounts with roaming profiles. In the near future, we are looking to invest in branch AD servers, which will ...
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How can I take print driver settings by each user and ensure those settings remain intact no matter what machine they use on the network?
Sorry for the long question above, i wasn;t sure what might be the best way to word it.
I have a Dell poweredge R720 running Win SBS 2011, roaming profiles and folder redirection are not currently ...
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Roaming profiles stopped working on Windows 2008 R2 server after W10 anniversary update
I have a network with one W2008 R2 server (AD controller) and 20 Windows10 workstations. The workstations gradually update to this year W10 (1607) - at the moment 7 of 20 are updated - and immediately ...
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Running Net Stop unelevated
First of all, this is one of those borderline questions between serverfault and superuser. In the end, I decided it belonged here because of the fact that most aspects of it revolve around a domain ...
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Windows 7 delete fingerprint from profile
I'm facing the following situation: I have a computer, joined to an AD with roaming profiles and with fingerprint logon enabled. A problem with a user profile had me delete the said profile and ...
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Multiple profiles with Single AD Domain
I have problem with setting up multiple user profiles with single domain controller
I have 3 terminal server for each 3 company and I have single domain controller for all companies(because they all ...
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Win 7, Roaming Users, Start Menu, All Programs, other user account folders shown
This is a screen capture of when the Win 7 workstation on a domain is clicked on All Programs, it shows other username folders. The folders can be clicked and it's content viewed and opened.
Is this ...
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Roaming Outlook Settings without using roaming profiles
Is there a way to roam my Outlook 2013 settings from workstation to workstation without using Active Directory roaming profiles? As you can see from my question I am no Exchange expert...
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AD Roaming Profiles via VPN not synchronizing
I want to create local Client-VMs (Windows 8.1) for our developers. These should connect to our VPN and login on our AD server (Windows Server 2012 R2). I'm using serverside profiles for this so that ...
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Locked Print settings disapper on workstations
we have a RICOH MFD and its queue ison a print servers ; few people accesing it via windows 7 workstations , have issues. They set the Locked print preference in Print Preferences -> one click print ...
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Deleted files re-appear in AD structure, on logout profile-saving gives "permission denied"
I have a user on Windows XP that has their profile stored on Server 2008.
The user complains about not being able to delete files in their documents directory because they re-appear. On logging out ...
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How to transfer user log in automatically into terminal server?
I have a network setup where a user logs into a local station then starts a remote desktop session into a terminal server when they can do their work.
Now what I'm trying to do is changing the ...
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windows 7 domain roaming profiles - can i set it up so that only differences are synced with local copy?
I have read answers regarding roaming profiles that recommend using folder redirection (like Profile Roaming, to make not to copy all the files to the local PC).
I don't want the profile dirs to be ...
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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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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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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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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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How do I turn off roaming profiles in Snow Leopard Server?
Good Morning,
We are running Snow Leopard Server with Windows XP clients, we have about 10-12 user who logon with the same username and password, these users are telling us that they are seeing ...
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Profile initialization on second logon
Every user in my samba PDC network gets a default profile, created by copying over a local modified user profile to the netlogon share. Now when they first logon there is no problem. But on the second ...
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