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setting up roaming user profiles

I am setting up new users on a new domain. I would like to have Roaming user profiles. I have setup the users in AD, and set their profiles to a specific folder on the server. Working fine.

I would like for them to have the same desktop settings, and IE shortcuts, etc... at whatever pc they log into. When I log them on one pc, change the background, log off and log into a second one then the background and settings are totally different.

I am using windows server 2008.

sparky2156

Have you checked that when the user logs in, makes the changes and then logs back out, the profile is uploaded to the folder you specify for the users roaming profile? You can do this by browsing to the folder and checking if there are profile files and folders located there.

Post back. Cheers

ksharkman

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yea, I place the path \\server\profiles\%username% in the field, and when logged on, the path creates a folder successfully with settings contained within.

Then when logging into the domain from a different computer, the changes are not transferred from computer to computer.

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ksharkman

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I see what will have to be done, but there are several network computers out there that I would have to do this on, since the computers would remain the same, but the domain server would be new. I guess I am more concerned about making sure their home folder, maybe their desktop, and possibly their email is the same. I guess in that situation, you would be looking at a virtual desktop on the server for each user..

I am not ready to do that, but I would like to have the same home folder when they click on "MY DOCUMENTS" no matter what computer they log into.

Is there a better way of doing that other then setting their HOME FOLDER path?