Local profile issues

[Guest Ghealdan]

We run a W2k3 Terminal server that has local profiles on it for each user.

We recently moved all the profiles to another partition to free up some space

on the C: drive. We then changed the default profile path in the registry

and copied the contents of the documents and settings folder to the new

documents and settings folder on the new partition. The question is we are

having strange issues with some apps that are profile specific. After doing

some digging we realized the the ntuser.dat files are still being used and

updated by Windows in the old C:\documents and settings\network service and

\localservice folders and not in the new location. I believe this is the

problem. Any ideas on how to finish this move as I am obviously missing

something. Thanks in advance.

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Local profile issues

 

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

> We run a W2k3 Terminal server that has local profiles on it for each

> user. We recently moved all the profiles to another partition to free

> up some space on the C: drive. We then changed the default profile

> path in the registry and copied the contents of the documents and

> settings folder to the new documents and settings folder on the new

> partition. The question is we are having strange issues with some

> apps that are profile specific. After doing some digging we realized

> the the ntuser.dat files are still being used and updated by Windows

> in the old C:\documents and settings\network service and

> \localservice folders and not in the new location. I believe this is

> the problem. Any ideas on how to finish this move as I am obviously

> missing something. Thanks in advance.

 

Hmmmm. I think I'd back out what was done. AFAIK, moving the documents &

settings directory after install is not

supported and causes problems. If you're using AD and have folder

redirection your profiles shouldn't be that large - and you should be even

able to prevent them from being cached entirely if you want.

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Local profile issues

 

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote

on 25 mar 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

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

>> We run a W2k3 Terminal server that has local profiles on it for

>> each user. We recently moved all the profiles to another

>> partition to free up some space on the C: drive. We then

>> changed the default profile path in the registry and copied the

>> contents of the documents and settings folder to the new

>> documents and settings folder on the new partition. The

>> question is we are having strange issues with some apps that

>> are profile specific. After doing some digging we realized

>> the the ntuser.dat files are still being used and updated by

>> Windows in the old C:\documents and settings\network service

>> and \localservice folders and not in the new location. I

>> believe this is the problem. Any ideas on how to finish this

>> move as I am obviously missing something. Thanks in advance.

>

> Hmmmm. I think I'd back out what was done. AFAIK, moving the

> documents & settings directory after install is not

> supported and causes problems. If you're using AD and have

> folder redirection your profiles shouldn't be that large - and

> you should be even able to prevent them from being cached

> entirely if you want.

 

I totally agree.

The default profile path in the registry (I assume that you mean

HKEY_USERS\.default) has nothing to do with the location of your

user profiles, it's the location of the profile used during the NT

logon.

 

Check here for more info:

 

User profiles are filling up my C: drive. Can I move them to my D:

drive?

http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_profiles.htm#move_DocSettings

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[Guest Ghealdan]

Re: Local profile issues

 

Actually I found a KB article that pointed me to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList].

 

I then created a new documents and settings folder and copied the contents

of c:\documents and settings to it.

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote

> on 25 mar 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

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

> >> We run a W2k3 Terminal server that has local profiles on it for

> >> each user. We recently moved all the profiles to another

> >> partition to free up some space on the C: drive. We then

> >> changed the default profile path in the registry and copied the

> >> contents of the documents and settings folder to the new

> >> documents and settings folder on the new partition. The

> >> question is we are having strange issues with some apps that

> >> are profile specific. After doing some digging we realized

> >> the the ntuser.dat files are still being used and updated by

> >> Windows in the old C:\documents and settings\network service

> >> and \localservice folders and not in the new location. I

> >> believe this is the problem. Any ideas on how to finish this

> >> move as I am obviously missing something. Thanks in advance.

> >

> > Hmmmm. I think I'd back out what was done. AFAIK, moving the

> > documents & settings directory after install is not

> > supported and causes problems. If you're using AD and have

> > folder redirection your profiles shouldn't be that large - and

> > you should be even able to prevent them from being cached

> > entirely if you want.

>

> I totally agree.

> The default profile path in the registry (I assume that you mean

> HKEY_USERS\.default) has nothing to do with the location of your

> user profiles, it's the location of the profile used during the NT

> logon.

>

> Check here for more info:

>

> User profiles are filling up my C: drive. Can I move them to my D:

> drive?

> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_profiles.htm#move_DocSettings

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Local profile issues

 

So I assume that you used the unsupported method described here:

 

236621 - Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621

 

Again, I wouldn't use this method, as it can give you problems.

Did you do a search and replace throughout the registry, as

described in the article?

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=?Utf-8?B?R2hlYWxkYW4=?= <Ghealdan@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote on 25 mar 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Actually I found a KB article that pointed me to

> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

> NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList].

>

> I then created a new documents and settings folder and copied

> the contents of c:\documents and settings to it.

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com>

>> wrote on 25 mar 2008 in

>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>

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

>> >> We run a W2k3 Terminal server that has local profiles on it

>> >> for each user. We recently moved all the profiles to another

>> >> partition to free up some space on the C: drive. We then

>> >> changed the default profile path in the registry and copied

>> >> the contents of the documents and settings folder to the new

>> >> documents and settings folder on the new partition. The

>> >> question is we are having strange issues with some apps that

>> >> are profile specific. After doing some digging we realized

>> >> the the ntuser.dat files are still being used and updated by

>> >> Windows in the old C:\documents and settings\network service

>> >> and \localservice folders and not in the new location. I

>> >> believe this is the problem. Any ideas on how to finish

>> >> this move as I am obviously missing something. Thanks in

>> >> advance.

>> >

>> > Hmmmm. I think I'd back out what was done. AFAIK, moving the

>> > documents & settings directory after install is not

>> > supported and causes problems. If you're using AD and have

>> > folder redirection your profiles shouldn't be that large -

>> > and you should be even able to prevent them from being cached

>> > entirely if you want.

>>

>> I totally agree.

>> The default profile path in the registry (I assume that you

>> mean HKEY_USERS\.default) has nothing to do with the location

>> of your user profiles, it's the location of the profile used

>> during the NT logon.

>>

>> Check here for more info:

>>

>> User profiles are filling up my C: drive. Can I move them to my

>> D: drive?

>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_profiles.htm#move_DocSettings

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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