Roaming Profiles

20 Dec 2006 8:23 PM

rcolving

We are using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and are Migrating to Windows
Standard Server 2003 R2. Currently we are using local profiles. But I want to
start using roaming profiles because people in this company desk hop. The
problem is when I go to a users local machine and attempt to change the
profile type to Roaming Profile that selection is not available (greyed out)
and Delete and Copy to are also disabled and unavailable. Is there a group
policy on the server that needs to be modified to allow roaming profiles.
I've searched high and low and can't seem to come up with the solution!!!
Has anyone else experienced this.

20 Dec 2006 9:27 PM

Alan Roy

I thought the idea of the roaming profile was long gone with the advent of
folder redirection. If you use Group Policy thingy to set folder redirection
on users desktop and 'My Documents' it will have the same effect. They'll
have to copy their documents to a local drive first mind, then copy them
back after you have implemented the change. THere is probably a smarter way
of doing it, but I'm not that smart

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"rcolving" <rcolv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and are Migrating to
> Windows
> Standard Server 2003 R2. Currently we are using local profiles. But I want
> to
> start using roaming profiles because people in this company desk hop. The
> problem is when I go to a users local machine and attempt to change the
> profile type to Roaming Profile that selection is not available (greyed
> out)
> and Delete and Copy to are also disabled and unavailable. Is there a group
> policy on the server that needs to be modified to allow roaming profiles.
> I've searched high and low and can't seem to come up with the solution!!!
> Has anyone else experienced this.

20 Dec 2006 10:53 PM

rcolving

I'm aware of the redirection. However, I need the desktop settings to follow
the users and don't want to make everyone a user on every computer.

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"Alan Roy" wrote:

> I thought the idea of the roaming profile was long gone with the advent of
> folder redirection. If you use Group Policy thingy to set folder redirection
> on users desktop and 'My Documents' it will have the same effect. They'll
> have to copy their documents to a local drive first mind, then copy them
> back after you have implemented the change. THere is probably a smarter way
> of doing it, but I'm not that smart
>
>
> "rcolving" <rcolv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FBD7F2CA-7853-4DBF-9FDF-15CF2D71CFA6@microsoft.com...
> > We are using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and are Migrating to
> > Windows
> > Standard Server 2003 R2. Currently we are using local profiles. But I want
> > to
> > start using roaming profiles because people in this company desk hop. The
> > problem is when I go to a users local machine and attempt to change the
> > profile type to Roaming Profile that selection is not available (greyed
> > out)
> > and Delete and Copy to are also disabled and unavailable. Is there a group
> > policy on the server that needs to be modified to allow roaming profiles.
> > I've searched high and low and can't seem to come up with the solution!!!
> > Has anyone else experienced this.
>
>
>

21 Dec 2006 4:00 AM

Dave Harry

To do this, you would set the roaming profile path in the user account, as
you already know.
But set it in Active Directory Users, not on the local computer.
You need a Domain Controller, computers installed into the domain, etc, as
part of your migration.

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Dave

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"rcolving" <rcolv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm aware of the redirection. However, I need the desktop settings to
> follow
> the users and don't want to make everyone a user on every computer.
>
> "Alan Roy" wrote:
>
>> I thought the idea of the roaming profile was long gone with the advent
>> of
>> folder redirection. If you use Group Policy thingy to set folder
>> redirection
>> on users desktop and 'My Documents' it will have the same effect. They'll
>> have to copy their documents to a local drive first mind, then copy them
>> back after you have implemented the change. THere is probably a smarter
>> way
>> of doing it, but I'm not that smart
>>
>>
>> "rcolving" <rcolv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FBD7F2CA-7853-4DBF-9FDF-15CF2D71CFA6@microsoft.com...
>> > We are using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and are Migrating to
>> > Windows
>> > Standard Server 2003 R2. Currently we are using local profiles. But I
>> > want
>> > to
>> > start using roaming profiles because people in this company desk hop.
>> > The
>> > problem is when I go to a users local machine and attempt to change the
>> > profile type to Roaming Profile that selection is not available (greyed
>> > out)
>> > and Delete and Copy to are also disabled and unavailable. Is there a
>> > group
>> > policy on the server that needs to be modified to allow roaming
>> > profiles.
>> > I've searched high and low and can't seem to come up with the
>> > solution!!!
>> > Has anyone else experienced this.
>>
>>
>>