It's been my experience that most application issues in roaming profile environments are due to incorrect permissions, outside of those apps that just have issues with UNC paths. There's a Microsoft article that details the correct permission structure for roaming profile directories.
I'm curious why you would copy the user's Favorites rather than redirect them. For backup purposes? I use an adm template that allows me to redirect pretty much any profile directory. We have a fairly good size Citrix environment and we've acheived decent gains in login performance by redirecting the favorites and the cookies directory along with the standard app data and my documents directories. The main requirements are file servers with adequate memory and disk performance. For W2K3 there are some recommended registry tweaks for max client connections, work items, etc., (lanman) depending on the size of your environment. Not sure if those same tweaks would be recommended or required for W2K8. Of course the benefit (or necessity) of all this is probably only realized in a Terminal server/Citrix environment. - Sean On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We have had horrid luck with Roaming Profiles. Everything from software that > doesn’t work as it should to profile corruption. (Roxio, Adobe, Certain > plugins, LOB software) > > > > We redirect the My Documents, and in some cases the Desktop depending upon > the client environment. Write a script to copy the favorites folder to their > My Documents folder on login once a week and that’s all I really care about. > We have a few clients we copy the Outlook personalization files like > categories and .nk2 files. As we move to Exchange 2010 those .nk2 files > become unnecessary. > > > > Only time I would consider Roaming Profiles is a call center or VERY HIGHLY > standardized environment that does not see major changes and has a good lab > setup for testing. > > > > Greg Sweers > > CEO > > ACTS360.com > > P.O. Box 1193 > > Brandon, FL 33509 > > 813-657-0849 Office > > 813-758-6850 Cell > > 813-341-1270 Fax > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network > > > > No, we don't use redirection. We have a strict policy regarding our document > retention. They know home drives are backed up, and then I make a best > effort on anything on C:. Important work is managed with our Engagement > software, which synchronizes with other workstations or the server. > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Chris Blair <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Using alternative credentials for IT is going to be a must. > > > > Do you just warn the other users about the sync happening everywhere they > login? > > > > > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:32 PM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network > > > > I would ask why you don't have alternate credentials for IT staff. > > > > I'm a one man shop, but I have three sets of credentials. Normal user > account where I do a lot of work, get my mail. Account which has > administrative access to my and other users' workstations, and then my domain > admin account. In the two cases where I need elevated priveleges, it's rare > that I also need access to documents that are stored under my normal user > access. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Chris Blair <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Since our users do not “roam”, we will probably stick with folder redirection. > > > > Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline > access. When offline access is enabled, and let’s say a person does sign into > another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer. Is > there a way to stop this? I don’t want an IT person’s documents being synced > to every computer they sign into. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > From: Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network > > > > Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide > different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating environment > (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to multiple > machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine to > machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to go > ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my > documents and application data directories so that the contents of those > aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save > things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well. > > > > Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure > important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be > backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting > the my documents folder. > > > > YMMV > > > > - Sean > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit. > > > > We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are > users, and they do not listen… > > > > > > From: VIPCS [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network > > > > Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for users? > Or instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on a server? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris > > VIPCS > > > > From: Chris Blair [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Redirect folders to network > > > > XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD. > > > > We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The main > objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup. I did > some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are storing > documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be redirected as > well. > > > > Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline? > > > > Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in general? > > > > Thanks! > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
