Problems with TS profiles

[Guest antwans@gmail.com]

Hello, I'm testing a TS (2003 standard R2) in combination with a HP

thin client (5300) which has XP embedded on it. When I'm trying to

make 1 location for the user ts profiles I have a problem that it

creates the profile on the local TS and on the DC. On both the servers

(TS and DC) I changed the location of the TS Profiles via Group Policy

under Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows

Components\Terminal Services on BOTH the TS and the DC servers (The

profile path is f.e. \\dc\ts_profiles$\).

 

I logged off the thin client RDP session. Deleted the local profile on

the TS and also on the DC. Logged on again at the TS server. It builds

the start menu, etc.. When I logoff, the folders are created

(favorites, desktop, etc..). But these folders are created 2 times (on

the TS and the DC). When, for example, I put a file on the deskop (via

the folder on the DC) it does not show at the TS thin client, which is

logged in at that time. When I logoff and logon again, then it shows

the file. When I look for the location of that file, it is on the

LOCAL TS server and NOT at the DC server. When you logoff it seems to

synchronize these files to the DC server. When I delete the file on

the DC server user profile and logon again, it copies the file from

the local TS server to the DC server. I think this is strange. It

looks like the TS has a higher priority with user profiles then the DC

itself.

 

Is it not possible to have just ONE location of these TS user profiles

on the DC and not on 2 locations (because if there would be a big file

or folder on the desktop, it has to copy it over the network and slows

down the logoff and logon process).

 

I also tried to set it up via a user account properties (the location

of the profiles) but it doesn't help either.

 

Anyone any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance for any replies,

 

AntwanS.

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Problems with TS profiles

 

This is by design. It's the way roaming profiles work.

 

You have defined the roaming profile to be located on the DC. When

a user logs on to the TS, a copy of the romaing profile is stored

on the TS, in C:\Document and Settings. As long as the user is

logged on to the TS, changes to the profile are made to the local

copy of the profile. When the user logs off, changes are replicated

back to the roaming profile location on the DC.

 

If you want to, you can configure the TS to delete the locally

cached copy of the profile from the TS when the user logs off.

 

You can (and should) avoid that the profile contains user

documents, by redirecting the My Documents and Desktop folders to

another location, outside the profile.

 

All this can be done with a GPO:

 

Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - User

profiles

"Delete cached copies of roaming profiles"

 

User Configuration - Windows Settings - Folder Redirection

Application Data

Desktop

My Documents

Start Menu

 

and because folder redirection settings are user settings, you will

also need to configure loopback processing of the GPO:

 

Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Group

Policy

"User Group Policy loopback processing mode" - "Replace"

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antwans@gmail.com wrote on 22 jan 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hello, I'm testing a TS (2003 standard R2) in combination with a

> HP thin client (5300) which has XP embedded on it. When I'm

> trying to make 1 location for the user ts profiles I have a

> problem that it creates the profile on the local TS and on the

> DC. On both the servers (TS and DC) I changed the location of

> the TS Profiles via Group Policy under Computer

> Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows

> Components\Terminal Services on BOTH the TS and the DC servers

> (The profile path is f.e. \\dc\ts_profiles$\).

>

> I logged off the thin client RDP session. Deleted the local

> profile on the TS and also on the DC. Logged on again at the TS

> server. It builds the start menu, etc.. When I logoff, the

> folders are created (favorites, desktop, etc..). But these

> folders are created 2 times (on the TS and the DC). When, for

> example, I put a file on the deskop (via the folder on the DC)

> it does not show at the TS thin client, which is logged in at

> that time. When I logoff and logon again, then it shows the

> file. When I look for the location of that file, it is on the

> LOCAL TS server and NOT at the DC server. When you logoff it

> seems to synchronize these files to the DC server. When I delete

> the file on the DC server user profile and logon again, it

> copies the file from the local TS server to the DC server. I

> think this is strange. It looks like the TS has a higher

> priority with user profiles then the DC itself.

>

> Is it not possible to have just ONE location of these TS user

> profiles on the DC and not on 2 locations (because if there

> would be a big file or folder on the desktop, it has to copy it

> over the network and slows down the logoff and logon process).

>

> I also tried to set it up via a user account properties (the

> location of the profiles) but it doesn't help either.

>

> Anyone any ideas?

>

> Thanks in advance for any replies,

>

> AntwanS.