I agree... but what about OST files - Outlook cached mode. Is anyone excluding the OST from the roaming profile? If so, a new OST will need to be downloaded at each computer the user logs into. Most are 100-300MB. Which is the lesser evil. :)
...D On 2/3/06, Thommes, Michael M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As just another piece of this, users sometimes just throw stuff on their > "desktop" since they don't know any better or because that might be the > first location that shows up during a save operation. The desktop is > obviously included as part of the profile, leading to bloated sizes. > > > > Mike Thommes > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Molkentin, Steve > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 8:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Roaming Profiles > > > > I too am a fan of local profile, but I do not think that directly addresses > Frank's issues... > > > > A couple of jobs ago at a school we used roaming profiles exclusively - made > sense in our scenario. There was still at least 3-4 staff on a bad day that > needed their profile reconfig-ed (all students used a mandatory profile). > Bottom line - use GPO's to limit the size of the user "dumping" grounds, > and/or redirect them. It's amazing how your profile shrink dramatically when > you don't allow users to store their files as a part of their profile, you > don't copy their IE cache, and redirect a couple of other folders. > > > > I feel for you Frank, as with users with profiles in excess of, say, 20 MB - > with your links speeds, I am amazed that you do not experience more problems > (but then I am sure it is only the ones that moves sites that cause the > issues... give them a laptop and make them have local profiles!). ;) > > > > My $0.02 inc GST... > > > > themolk. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Krenceski, William > Sent: Friday, 3 February 2006 10:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Roaming Profiles > > I personally avoid roaming and mandatory roaming like the plague. One thing > you can do is create a DFS Root for the profiles of the users that move > around replicate to all of the sites that they visit. I would not recommend > doing it for everyone else. I would actually stop using roaming for everyone > else that does not roam. there are many alternatives to roaming using Group > Policies because no matter how you look at it you are slowing down the user > logon and the network especially with that many users. > > > > JMTC > > > > Bill > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Frank Abagnale > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:51 AM > To: Active > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Roaming Profiles > > > Hi all, > > > I have a question regarding Roaming Profiles. Our environment currently have > 3500 users which are all roaming profile enabled. Their profiles are stored > on the local site server. We have approx 56 sites which are all linked by > 256-1mb lines. > > > I like the concept of roaming profiles, however some of our users have > profiles ranging from 5mb - 200mb, some even with 1GB profiles. > > > Because alot of our users log on to different computers at different sites, > we are finding issues with corrupted profiles and logon speeds. On a few > occasions, where a user has been added to a group, the permissions assign to > this group are not shown when the users is logged back on. Deleting the > profile and recreating fixes this issue but it's quite a time consuming > effort. > > > How does everyone deal with roaming profiles if used? sometimes there are > instances where users just want to logon to the PC without their roaming > profile so they can remote desktop to their PC. In this situation they have > to take their profile across which can take forever depending on the size of > profile and link. > > > Any creative ideas? how about using DFS to store the profiles? > > > Thanks > > > Frank > > > > ________________________________ > > > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > > Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message may be > legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of > the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not > the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it > to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify > the author immediately by replying to this message and deleting the original > message. Thank you. -- CPDE - Certified Petroleum Distribution Engineer CCBC - Certified Canadian Beer Consumer List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
