I have created a roaming profile for certain users on our
SBS network who work at more than one PC.

I saw a posting here before which said the easiest way to
create a roaming profile was to right click the users name
under Active Directory > Click properties > select the
profile tab > copy what was in the home folder connect to
box and paste it into the profile path.
Therefore what is in the profile path is as follows:
\\servername\users\theusersname

Doing this certainly does create a roaming profile.
However, when some users logon to the network they get the
following message.

//start of message
Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming
profile and is attempting to log you on with your local
profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the
server when you logoff. Possible causes of this error
include network problems or insufficient security rights.
If this problem persists, contact your network
administrator.

DETAIL - The network location cannot be reached. For
information about network troubleshooting, see Windows
Help. //End of message

Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.

Re: Roaming Profile by Javier

Javier
Wed Nov 12 11:11:08 CST 2003

Does the user have the appropiate permisions to access the resource where
the data is located?

Also... if you have WinXP/2k computers you should take a look at Folder
Redirection. Roaming profiles are a thing of the past :-)

--
-Javier

<< SBS ROCKS !!! >>

"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24cc01c3a93f$13c139d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have created a roaming profile for certain users on our
> SBS network who work at more than one PC.
>
> I saw a posting here before which said the easiest way to
> create a roaming profile was to right click the users name
> under Active Directory > Click properties > select the
> profile tab > copy what was in the home folder connect to
> box and paste it into the profile path.
> Therefore what is in the profile path is as follows:
> \\servername\users\theusersname
>
> Doing this certainly does create a roaming profile.
> However, when some users logon to the network they get the
> following message.
>
> //start of message
> Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming
> profile and is attempting to log you on with your local
> profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the
> server when you logoff. Possible causes of this error
> include network problems or insufficient security rights.
> If this problem persists, contact your network
> administrator.
>
> DETAIL - The network location cannot be reached. For
> information about network troubleshooting, see Windows
> Help. //End of message
>
> Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.
>



Re: Roaming Profile by Robert

Robert
Thu Nov 13 09:50:59 CST 2003

Javier,

Thanks for the reply could you direct me to a helppage
instructing how to setup etc Folder Redirection.
What are the benefits over Roaming profiles?

Cheers Robert


>-----Original Message-----
>Does the user have the appropiate permisions to access
the resource where
>the data is located?
>
>Also... if you have WinXP/2k computers you should take a
look at Folder
>Redirection. Roaming profiles are a thing of the past :-)
>
>--
>-Javier
>
><< SBS ROCKS !!! >>
>
>"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:24cc01c3a93f$13c139d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have created a roaming profile for certain users on
our
>> SBS network who work at more than one PC.
>>
>> I saw a posting here before which said the easiest way
to
>> create a roaming profile was to right click the users
name
>> under Active Directory > Click properties > select the
>> profile tab > copy what was in the home folder connect
to
>> box and paste it into the profile path.
>> Therefore what is in the profile path is as follows:
>> \\servername\users\theusersname
>>
>> Doing this certainly does create a roaming profile.
>> However, when some users logon to the network they get
the
>> following message.
>>
>> //start of message
>> Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming
>> profile and is attempting to log you on with your local
>> profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to
the
>> server when you logoff. Possible causes of this error
>> include network problems or insufficient security
rights.
>> If this problem persists, contact your network
>> administrator.
>>
>> DETAIL - The network location cannot be reached. For
>> information about network troubleshooting, see Windows
>> Help. //End of message
>>
>> Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.
>>
>
>
>.
>

Re: Roaming Profile by Javier

Javier
Thu Nov 13 11:04:44 CST 2003

Hi Robert !!!

I think this thread should cover most of your questions:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=uNUzM5wgDHA.1280%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
(try to read the whole thread if you can)

If you still have questions... just post back.

--
-Javier

<< SBS ROCKS !!! >>

"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0e3701c3a9fd$eec761d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Javier,
>
> Thanks for the reply could you direct me to a helppage
> instructing how to setup etc Folder Redirection.
> What are the benefits over Roaming profiles?
>
> Cheers Robert
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Does the user have the appropiate permisions to access
> the resource where
> >the data is located?
> >
> >Also... if you have WinXP/2k computers you should take a
> look at Folder
> >Redirection. Roaming profiles are a thing of the past :-)
> >
> >--
> >-Javier
> >
> ><< SBS ROCKS !!! >>
> >
> >"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:24cc01c3a93f$13c139d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have created a roaming profile for certain users on
> our
> >> SBS network who work at more than one PC.
> >>
> >> I saw a posting here before which said the easiest way
> to
> >> create a roaming profile was to right click the users
> name
> >> under Active Directory > Click properties > select the
> >> profile tab > copy what was in the home folder connect
> to
> >> box and paste it into the profile path.
> >> Therefore what is in the profile path is as follows:
> >> \\servername\users\theusersname
> >>
> >> Doing this certainly does create a roaming profile.
> >> However, when some users logon to the network they get
> the
> >> following message.
> >>
> >> //start of message
> >> Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming
> >> profile and is attempting to log you on with your local
> >> profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to
> the
> >> server when you logoff. Possible causes of this error
> >> include network problems or insufficient security
> rights.
> >> If this problem persists, contact your network
> >> administrator.
> >>
> >> DETAIL - The network location cannot be reached. For
> >> information about network troubleshooting, see Windows
> >> Help. //End of message
> >>
> >> Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >



Re: Roaming Profile by Ken

Ken
Fri Nov 14 08:15:45 CST 2003

I have tried this but during synchronization I sometimes
get a logon window - appearas to be a timing issue:
either at login the network shares haven't yet been
mounted or at logout the shares are dropped before the
synch starts. The event log indicates network
unavailable and unable to process GPO because of access
unavailable.
Any ideas how to address this timing problem?
Ken
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Robert !!!
>
>I think this thread should cover most of your questions:
>http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-
8&oe=UTF-8&selm=uNUzM5wgDHA.1280%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>(try to read the whole thread if you can)
>
>If you still have questions... just post back.
>
>--
>-Javier
>
><< SBS ROCKS !!! >>
>
>"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:0e3701c3a9fd$eec761d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Javier,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply could you direct me to a helppage
>> instructing how to setup etc Folder Redirection.
>> What are the benefits over Roaming profiles?
>>
>> Cheers Robert
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Does the user have the appropiate permisions to access
>> the resource where
>> >the data is located?
>> >
>> >Also... if you have WinXP/2k computers you should
take a
>> look at Folder
>> >Redirection. Roaming profiles are a thing of the
past :-)
>> >
>> >--
>> >-Javier
>> >
>> ><< SBS ROCKS !!! >>
>> >
>> >"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
>> message
>> >news:24cc01c3a93f$13c139d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I have created a roaming profile for certain users
on
>> our
>> >> SBS network who work at more than one PC.
>> >>
>> >> I saw a posting here before which said the easiest
way
>> to
>> >> create a roaming profile was to right click the
users
>> name
>> >> under Active Directory > Click properties > select
the
>> >> profile tab > copy what was in the home folder
connect
>> to
>> >> box and paste it into the profile path.
>> >> Therefore what is in the profile path is as follows:
>> >> \\servername\users\theusersname
>> >>
>> >> Doing this certainly does create a roaming profile.
>> >> However, when some users logon to the network they
get
>> the
>> >> following message.
>> >>
>> >> //start of message
>> >> Windows cannot locate the server copy of your
roaming
>> >> profile and is attempting to log you on with your
local
>> >> profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied
to
>> the
>> >> server when you logoff. Possible causes of this
error
>> >> include network problems or insufficient security
>> rights.
>> >> If this problem persists, contact your network
>> >> administrator.
>> >>
>> >> DETAIL - The network location cannot be reached. For
>> >> information about network troubleshooting, see
Windows
>> >> Help. //End of message
>> >>
>> >> Any help on this matter would be very much
appreciated.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>