Roaming profile not updating.

Check the permissions settings for the server where the roaming profiles are being stored.  Make sure that the profiles folder has the everyone group with write permission so that they have access to this share.  Also check the event viewer for errors.  Hope this helps!

//j

The permissions are fine, no errors in event viewer.

What aspects of the roaming profile are not updating?  

Items on the desktop...

This might be the cause of corrupt roaming profiles.  You can check the following link for more info:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/confeat/09w2kadb.mspx

Check the section "Copying or Restoring a Profile"

You can also check the following link on how to test to see if you have a corrupt profile:

http://studenthelp.itee.uq.edu.au/faq/profile/reset.html

Hopefully some of that works for you!

//j

Please check relevant errors in event viewer and post may give us an insight.
Post errors from the server and from the client side..

I have modified a few printers in printing preferences, I rebooted settings were reverted back.  Does printers have anything to do with roaming profiles?

No, your printers should not mess with your roaming profile settings.  Was the event viewer on the machine that all the roaming profiles reside on checked?  What is the machine where the profiles reside running as an OS?  Check the following link for setting up roaming profiles correctly:

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268_11-1031655.html

Let us know of this is of any help!

//j

dev8, if it is a network installed printer, that is stored in your roaming profile.  

Has this problem always happened, or was it working at one point...that is very important in diagnosing this problem.

My mistake, that is true about the network installed printer.  I just meant that should not mess with his desktop settings not saving.  Please correct me if I am wrong.  Also, like rustyrpage said, when was the last time you had a good configuration?  

That is true...but the printers not saving is evidence that the roaming profiles are not working.  

If the roaming profiles worked at one time, then something has changed & we need to know what.  If they have never worked, then we will try to figure out what step you may have missed.

You should check you network configuration. Check your DNS Servers, try to resolve any other network name using DNS, example. PC name David at cmd ping  david.domain.com.

If it doesn´t resolve the name check your current configuration with ipconfig /all at cmd.

So does printer settings have to do with roaming profiles?

If it is a network printer, then those are saved in the profile.  It is a local printer, that is saved for all users.  

Check the properties of the NTuser.dat file which is stored in the profile directory (it is hidden so make sure that hidden files are showing) and see when the last time it was accessed.  This file contains the section of the registry that applies to the user account and contains the user profile settings.  This way you can see if it is updating or not on the modified and accessed section under the general tab.  Merely a suggestion that might give a better insight...

The NTUSER.dat isn't updating.

Did you check if it´s an user problem or a computer problem?

try to log in with another user and check if the new user updates de profile..

The permissions for the profiles directory is set to Full Control?

What about disk quotas?  Is that set and if so could that be preventing you from saving?

What is the OS of the server that is storing the profiles?

I fixed the problem by installing  the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service by Microsoft.  Here is a link below for the install.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en#filelist