Guest Kardon Coupé Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 I'm having a problem with favourites.... A user re-arranges their favourties to how they want them, and then they log off and back on, the original favs layout if pulled from the server and the one they've sorted out, now having two copies of some links.... I was under the impression that when logging off, things like the favourties are copied back to the server profile store? or could it be because the server is busy doing something then the user is logging off and just can't handle the requests? Regards Paul
Guest Mathieu CHATEAU Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Problem with Favourites. Hello, Favorites are part of the roaming profile. It is a fusion based on the modification's date of files betwenn local and roaming. If tey create a new favorite, do you see it on the roaming profile ? -- Cordialement, Mathieu CHATEAU English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com French blog: http://www.lotp.fr "Kardon Coupé" <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote in message news:eNdepmBCIHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > I'm having a problem with favourites.... > > A user re-arranges their favourties to how they want them, and then they > log off and back on, the original favs layout if pulled from the server > and the one they've sorted out, now having two copies of some links.... > > I was under the impression that when logging off, things like the > favourties are copied back to the server profile store? or could it be > because the server is busy doing something then the user is logging off > and just can't handle the requests? > > Regards > Paul >
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Problem with Favourites. Kardon Coupé <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote: > I'm having a problem with favourites.... > > A user re-arranges their favourties to how they want them, and then > they log off and back on, the original favs layout if pulled from the > server and the one they've sorted out, now having two copies of some > links.... > I was under the impression that when logging off, things like the > favourties are copied back to the server profile store? or could it > be because the server is busy doing something then the user is > logging off and just can't handle the requests? > > Regards > Paul Check your event logs for profile errors (userenv). Here's my boilerplate on roaming profiles.... General tips: 1. Set up a share on the server. For example - d:\profiles, shared as profiles$ to make it hidden from browsing. Make sure this share is *not* set to allow offline files/caching! (that's on by default - disable it) 2. Make sure the share permissions on profiles$ indicate everyone=full control. Set the NTFS security to administrators, system, and users=full control. 3. In the users' ADUC properties, specify \\server\profiles$\%username% in the profiles field 4. Have each user log into the domain once from their usual workstation (where their existing profile lives) and log out. The profile is now roaming. 5. If you want the administrators group to automatically have permissions to the profiles folders, you'll need to make the appropriate change in group policy. Look in computer configuration/administrative templates/system/user profiles - there's an option to add administrators group to the roaming profiles permissions. Notes: * Make sure users understand that they should not log into multiple computers at the same time when they have roaming profiles (unless you make the profiles mandatory by renaming ntuser.dat to ntuser.man so they can't change them). Explain that the last one out wins, when it comes to uploading the final, changed copy of the profile. * Keep your profiles TINY. Via group policy, redirect My Documents at the very least - to a subfolder of the user's home directory or user folder. Also consider redirecting Desktop & Application Data similarly..... so the user will have: \\server\home$\%username%\My Documents, \\server\home$\%username%\Desktop, \\server\home$\%username%\Application Data. Alternatively, just manually re-target My Documents to \\server\home$\%username% (this is not optimal, however!) If you aren't going to also redirect the desktop using policies, tell users that they are not to store any files on the desktop or you will beat them with a stick. Big profile=slow login/logout, and possible profile corruption. * Note that user profiles are not compatible between different OS versions, even between W2k/XP. Keep all your computers. Keep your workstations as identical as possible - meaning, OS version is the same, SP level is the same, app load is (as much as possible) the same. * Do not let people store any data locally - all data belongs on the server. * The User Profile Hive Cleanup Utility should be running on all your computers. You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en
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