I am looking for some clarification on Folder Redirection and Roaming Profiles. I am by no means a expert on networking so bear with me please. I have Server 2003 R2 running w/AD. On the client side the machines are all running XP Pro. I have both the Redirection and Roaming Profiles in place and running, however I have a couple of strange things taking place.
On the client machines, all the desktop information is stored in the users individual desktop folder on the local machine. When the machine joins the domain and I log the user into the server, a new folder is created on the local machine with the UserName.DomainName, which naturally contains none of the users desktop icons or documents. Is this normal, I would have thought the existing user files would be the default? All the folders are created on the server within the Shared Profiles and Shared Users folders as I would expect, with the exception of the second part to the question.
On the local machine under the UserName.DomainName folder, the My Documents folders are all created with the same user name (mine). In other words, I log on the user JJones@Domain.com. The users folder JJones.Domain.com is created and with it is the usual Desktop, Start Menu, Favorites etc folders but the Documents folder has the name SSmiths Documents.
Bottom line, my ultimate goal is to move the existing my docs and desktops from the individual machines to the server. This will allow me to perform backups in a much simpler fashion as well as secure the data. As well we are looking for the ability for users to be able to log on to any machine and have access to their files and desktops. All the machines are set up with all the same software, individual users may have customized their desktops a bit.
I have followed the Step by Step guides from Microsoft but I think I am missing something somewhere and would appreciate any assistance.
