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Can some one please explain the functional difference between the sysvol and netlogon shares.

For example in my 2008 domain all of my script and login script reside in my sysvol folder yet my netlogon folder is blank?

What is the difference between the ntfrsutl and repadmin tools?

I having a really hard time understaninf A.D junctions points. CAn anyone please explain to me in simple terms what this is who how I can view one
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I can answer one of those questions for you:

SYSVOL contains login scripts, group policy settings, and much more info about AD.

NETLOGON is just a copy of anything you have in the folder SYSVOL\domain.com\scripts
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if netlolgon is a copy of the sysvol folder then why is it even needed????
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Actually I misspoke before I just created our Sysvol and Netlogon shares and they both are mirror images of one another and contain the same information.

I'm not using GP's to assign logon scripts but they are assigned via the Profile -> logon script on the users accot tab..

I'm still having a hard time understanding J.P's? IN WIndows 2008 the only documents and settings folder is a shorcut to USERS , could this be considers a J.P?
Did you created the SYSVOL and NETLOGON share manually??

Profile -> logon script on the users accot tab..

This points to the NETLOGON share (Scripts folder), so if this field says i.e. "logon.bat" this script should be located in the NETLOGON share.

In Win2008, C:\Documents and Settings is a JP that points to C:\Users