proper way to copy terminal user profile folder

[Guest OM]

Hi,

 

One of our TS users is having a lot of problem with her TS session, all

other users seem to be fine. I was thinking there might be a problem

with her user profile. So I copied an existing working TS user profile

and renamed it to her existing profile name. I then assigned her full

control on the "new" profile folder and reset the permission on all the

child objects. I tried logging in. However, I was seeing difference kind

of error message when launching different type of applications, Word,

Excel and Outlook. Did I miss something when I did the profile copy?

What is the proper way of doing such profile transfer?

 

Thanks

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: proper way to copy terminal user profile folder

 

I wouldn't create a copy of another users profile, since the

content of many of the ini files could contain the original user's

user name and profile path. It's better to completely delete the

corrupt profile, the user will automatically receive a fresh copy

of the Default User profile on the Terminal Server when logging in

for the first time without an existing profile.

 

Read these 2 article, they explain the process in more detail:

 

325364 - HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile in the

Windows Server 2003 Family

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325364

 

321281 - The Desktop.ini File Does Not Work Correctly When You

Create a Custom Default Profile

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321281

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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OM <om@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 23 jul 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi,

>

> One of our TS users is having a lot of problem with her TS

> session, all other users seem to be fine. I was thinking there

> might be a problem with her user profile. So I copied an

> existing working TS user profile and renamed it to her existing

> profile name. I then assigned her full control on the "new"

> profile folder and reset the permission on all the child

> objects. I tried logging in. However, I was seeing difference

> kind of error message when launching different type of

> applications, Word, Excel and Outlook. Did I miss something when

> I did the profile copy? What is the proper way of doing such

> profile transfer?

>

> Thanks

[Guest OM]

Re: proper way to copy terminal user profile folder

 

Thanks, I did that already. The reason why I choose an existing profile

is that we have issues with an Outlook plugins. Any new user accounts

that we created lately will not be able use that plugin. However, old

user accounts do not have this problem. I am suspecting that the problem

might be related to the recent installation of Acrobat 8 Professional

and it somehow changed the behavior of the default user profile and

office installation. That is why I would like to use an exiting user

profile to "fix" the plugin program, even though I am not if it is going

to work or not.

 

 

 

Vera Noest [MVP] wrote:

> I wouldn't create a copy of another users profile, since the

> content of many of the ini files could contain the original user's

> user name and profile path. It's better to completely delete the

> corrupt profile, the user will automatically receive a fresh copy

> of the Default User profile on the Terminal Server when logging in

> for the first time without an existing profile.

>

> Read these 2 article, they explain the process in more detail:

>

> 325364 - HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile in the

> Windows Server 2003 Family

> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325364

>

> 321281 - The Desktop.ini File Does Not Work Correctly When You

> Create a Custom Default Profile

> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321281

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> OM <om@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 23 jul 2008 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> One of our TS users is having a lot of problem with her TS

>> session, all other users seem to be fine. I was thinking there

>> might be a problem with her user profile. So I copied an

>> existing working TS user profile and renamed it to her existing

>> profile name. I then assigned her full control on the "new"

>> profile folder and reset the permission on all the child

>> objects. I tried logging in. However, I was seeing difference

>> kind of error message when launching different type of

>> applications, Word, Excel and Outlook. Did I miss something when

>> I did the profile copy? What is the proper way of doing such

>> profile transfer?

>>

>> Thanks

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: proper way to copy terminal user profile folder

 

Did you use the copy function from within control panel/system or did you do

it manually? It sounds like manual whcih means you did nothing to adjust

the registry permissions. That is a huge problem right there as the user

has absolutely no access to the HKCU key.

 

 

Jeff Pitsch

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

 

"OM" <om@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:u82qf%23P7IHA.3480@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Thanks, I did that already. The reason why I choose an existing profile is

> that we have issues with an Outlook plugins. Any new user accounts that we

> created lately will not be able use that plugin. However, old user

> accounts do not have this problem. I am suspecting that the problem might

> be related to the recent installation of Acrobat 8 Professional and it

> somehow changed the behavior of the default user profile and office

> installation. That is why I would like to use an exiting user profile to

> "fix" the plugin program, even though I am not if it is going to work or

> not.

>

>

>

> Vera Noest [MVP] wrote:

>> I wouldn't create a copy of another users profile, since the content of

>> many of the ini files could contain the original user's user name and

>> profile path. It's better to completely delete the corrupt profile, the

>> user will automatically receive a fresh copy of the Default User profile

>> on the Terminal Server when logging in for the first time without an

>> existing profile.

>>

>> Read these 2 article, they explain the process in more detail:

>>

>> 325364 - HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile in the Windows

>> Server 2003 Family

>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325364

>>

>> 321281 - The Desktop.ini File Does Not Work Correctly When You Create a

>> Custom Default Profile

>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321281

>>

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>

>> OM <om@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 23 jul 2008 in

>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> One of our TS users is having a lot of problem with her TS

>>> session, all other users seem to be fine. I was thinking there

>>> might be a problem with her user profile. So I copied an

>>> existing working TS user profile and renamed it to her existing

>>> profile name. I then assigned her full control on the "new"

>>> profile folder and reset the permission on all the child

>>> objects. I tried logging in. However, I was seeing difference

>>> kind of error message when launching different type of

>>> applications, Word, Excel and Outlook. Did I miss something when

>>> I did the profile copy? What is the proper way of doing such

>>> profile transfer?

>>> Thanks