Users profiles

[Guest Eddie]

I am running windows 2003 sp2 terminal services. I have been having some

roaming profiles issues with my end users. When I go to remove a profile from

the ts server i get ntuser.dat in use by another process etc. The user is not

logged on of course. how do I remove this profile from the ts server without

having to reboot the server. as of now I have to reboot the ts to do this and

even that sometimes does not work.

 

Ed

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Users profiles

 

Eddie <Eddie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am running windows 2003 sp2 terminal services. I have been having

> some roaming profiles issues with my end users. When I go to remove a

> profile from the ts server i get ntuser.dat in use by another process

> etc. The user is not logged on of course. how do I remove this

> profile from the ts server without having to reboot the server. as of

> now I have to reboot the ts to do this and even that sometimes does

> not work.

>

> Ed

 

Make sure you run the User Profile Hive Cleanup utility on this server (I

also run it on all my workstations) - see if that helps.

 

You mention "roaming profiles" - I hope you mean "Terminal Services

Profiles" - as otherwise you probably have other problems. Set a different

path for TS profiles in ADUC for each user who accesses TS.

[Guest Patrick Rouse]

Re: Users profiles

 

Roaming Profiles are notorious for being problematic. Start by using

UPHCLEAN, to see if that will help you. Using Folder Redirection to redirect

My Documents, Desktop, Start Menu & AppData to the network are also common

things that administrators do to combat user profiles.

 

http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Configure-Folder-Redirection.html

 

Often, users end up resorting to using Hybrid Profiles via Login Consultants

Flex Profile Kit, which merges user specific settings with a Mandatory

Profile at logon, then saves those settings at logoff. Companies like mine,

Sepago and RTOsoftware make commerical profile solutions, if one needs a

supported solution.

 

--

Patrick C. Rouse

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

SE, West Coast USA & Canada

Quest Software, Provision Networks Division

Virtual Client Solutions

http://www.provisionnetworks.com

 

 

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Eddie <Eddie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > I am running windows 2003 sp2 terminal services. I have been having

> > some roaming profiles issues with my end users. When I go to remove a

> > profile from the ts server i get ntuser.dat in use by another process

> > etc. The user is not logged on of course. how do I remove this

> > profile from the ts server without having to reboot the server. as of

> > now I have to reboot the ts to do this and even that sometimes does

> > not work.

> >

> > Ed

>

> Make sure you run the User Profile Hive Cleanup utility on this server (I

> also run it on all my workstations) - see if that helps.

>

> You mention "roaming profiles" - I hope you mean "Terminal Services

> Profiles" - as otherwise you probably have other problems. Set a different

> path for TS profiles in ADUC for each user who accesses TS.

>

>

>

[Guest Hank Arnold (MVP)]

Re: Users profiles

 

Eddie wrote:

> I am running windows 2003 sp2 terminal services. I have been having some

> roaming profiles issues with my end users. When I go to remove a profile from

> the ts server i get ntuser.dat in use by another process etc. The user is not

> logged on of course. how do I remove this profile from the ts server without

> having to reboot the server. as of now I have to reboot the ts to do this and

> even that sometimes does not work.

>

> Ed

 

I've run into this a lot. What sometimes works is to log onto the server

as administrator. Open the properties of the folder with the roaming

profile. Select the Security tab. Disregard any error messages. Select

the Advanced option. Go to the Owner tab. Change it to an administrator

ID and then use the advanced option to make the changes on all files and

folders.

 

This is from memory, so it may not be 100% accurate in terminology. I've

found it works about 50% of the time...

 

BTW, I fully support the suggestion for UPHCLEAN. It's a "must have" on

TS servers....

 

--

 

Regards,

Hank Arnold

Microsoft MVP

Windows Server - Directory Services