windows 7 profile query

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just so I understand I should ignore the 'profile path'

& select: home folder ie:

local path: \\fileprintserver\w7profile\%username%

question 1. if the above is correct why the 'local path' ?

question 2. why didn't Microsoft not make it the same as xp or is it like that for windows 2008, 2012 ?

note: the reason I ask is because I have always used the 'roaming profile' method just like xp although yes I have had continuous gpo problems ie gpupdate, gpupdate /force, gpupdate /sync & restarts but got it to work and provide internet access, although located on the taskbar by the clock, the network connection has always shown a 'yellow exclamation' mark and if I remember correctly I may have ended up manually adding the proxy details to get me internet access.

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yes I just realised as it would not accept the path. yes Ive selected:

f:\\fileprintserver\w7profile\%username%

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yes I just realised as it would not accept the path. yes Ive selected:

f:\\fileprintserver\w7profile\%username%

You should omit the "f:"

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windows 2003 does not allow me to leave the drive blank as by default it shows 'z:' & in drop down menu then is no blank space to select so it appears it has to be selected.

I always select 'no to offline folders' for both xp & win 7 - as advised not to in the passed although not sure why as why is the feature there for both xp win 7.

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hi dstewartjr,

I took ownership of the \\fileprinterserver\w7profile - & deleted the whole folder

I then created a brand new identical profile \\fileprintserver\w7profile - & selected as usual: no offline access & added the win 7 domain user & gave permission for the following:

- change - ticked
- read - ticked

I did not reboot my win 7 laptop and just attempted to logon which it did but when I looked in the following:

\\fileprintserver\w7profile - the following appeared:

- my music
- my pictures
- my videos

- peterp.v2 - did not show

don't forget in win 2003 aduc I had to select a drive so I selected the following:

connect: f: \\fileprintserver\w7profile\%username% - successfully which changed to: peterp - when I clicked ok.

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omit - means to remove so I assumed you meant do not select (f:) but I have to select a drive so I selected the f: drive as on my fileprintserver it is on f: partition hence doing:

connect: f: \\fileprintserver\w7profile\%username%

\\fileprintserver\w7profile - the following appeared:

- my music
- my pictures
- my videos

- peterp.v2 - did not show

That's what you want, unless you want to redirect your "Desktop" and "Favorites" as well.

I do suggest redirecting desktop and favorites.

connect: f: \\fileprintserver\w7profile\%username%

yes, that's what I originally and ultimately meant :)

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ok but if I have 1000 users, how would I know what folder belongs to who as the above is only for 1 user, but does not tell me whose folder ?

I did not enable the 'desktop' yet as was expecting to see:

\\fileprintserver\w7profile\peterp.v2 - only
\\fileprintserver\w7profile\user2.v2 - only
\\fileprintserver\w7profile\user3.v2 - only
\\fileprintserver\w7profile\user4.v2 - only

for example

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hi if you look in my screenshot at beginning of thread i was advised not to select the below:

"create a folder for each user under the root path" & select:

"redirect to the following location" - \\fileprintserver\...\....

ok i will go back and select:

"create a folder for each user under the root path"

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morning dstewartjr, for some reason my isp must have gone down as my virgin router stopped allocating addresses not sure why even though reset it. it must have been an outage with isp or something as it back up now.

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by the way after carrying out your last advice for:

- my documents
- desktop

my win 7 laptop appears to log on correctly now but 1st I had to give 'full access' permission inside the following:

\\fileprintserver\w7profile\peterp - by the way I was expecting it to show as:

\\fileprintserver\w7profile\peterp.v2 - but it did not

when I look inside the above 'peterp' - it only shows as below:

peterp
- desktop
- my documents

note: I was expecting to see also the below as the 'folder redirection' in eventviewer showed as successful

- my music
- my pictures
- my videos

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morning dstewartjr,

I have not forgotten this thread, but due to trying to resolved some issues on my file server & isa firewall, this is the reason I have not been able to return back to this thread, but I will once I have resolved my issues.

I will also read those links.

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hi leetutor,

as I have had issues with my file server this is the reason I left this thread open but I have now resolved my file issue, so will be looking to allocate points and respond to this thread as usual tomorrow.

so I request that you do not delete. appreciated.

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my issue is now resolved as per advice above. much appreciated.