Hi John, Happy to help. Here's the Microsoft Knowledgebase reference for User Shell Folders:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931087 Marc On Jul 21, 2011, at 5:40 PM, John H Terpstra wrote: > Marc, > > Thank you for posting this information. It would help significantly if you > could also provide Microsoft Knowledgebase references for the registry > changes. > > Cheers, > John T. > > On 07/21/2011 06:22 PM, Marc Cain wrote: >> Here are the key steps that need to be applied for Windows 7 and >> WinXp > folder redirection in Samba 3.x environments. Feel free to email me off > list if you need any more detail: >> >> -- For Windows 7 be sure to create a proper default user profile on > the workstation using sysprep. It's crucial to the initial profile creation. >> >> The first time a user logs onto the domain have a logon script > (vbscript works great for this) do the following: >> >> -- Copy the applicable folder(s) from the users local profile to > locations on the server that are outside the user's remote profile path; > for instance to a folder in their home directory. >> >> -- Alter the paths in > "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell > Folders" to point to these new locations. The most critical folders, and > maybe the only ones you really need to redirect, are Application > Data(AppData) and Desktop, though you can redirect anything that's list > in User Shell Folders including Downloads. >> >> -- Make sure the workstation's local GroupPolicy is set to not roam > the folders you've redirected. Windows will continue to copy them up and > down from the server's profile folder if you don't set this: User > Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles \Exclude > directories in roaming profile >> >> - You will want to look at a couple of other settings in the Local > GroupPolicy and tweak to your preferences >> Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles >> User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles >> >> Here's the path structure we use: >> >> Profile: \\sambaserver\profiles\username\WinXP >> \\sambaserver\profiles\username\WinXP.V2 >> >> Redirected: \\sambaserver\homes\username\redirectedfolders\Desktop >> \\sambaserver\homes\username\redirectedfolders\Favorites >> \\sambaserver\homes\username\redirectedfolders\WinXP\AppData >> \\sambaserver\homes\username\redirectedfolders\WinXP.V2\AppData >> >> The first logon can be long depending on network performance and the > number of installed apps, up to a couple of minutes due to the copying > of data from local to remote drives. Subsequent logons should only take > 5 to 10 seconds (again depending on network performance) since the > system is only copying a few megabytes worth of data to and from the > profile folder. >> >> There are a couple of critical timeout issues that may need to be > addressed if you experience long Welcome screens after the initial logon: >> >> When the following local GPO is left in its default setting Samba > domain logons are delayed for 30 seconds: "Computer > Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles\Set maximum > wait time for the network if the user has a roaming user profile or > remote home directory." Enable this and set the value to 0 to work > around this timeout. >> >> A 30 second timeout can occur if you set the local GPO to "Run logon > scripts synchronously". The fix was to apply an old Vista reg setting. > Can be Googled as "Vista Run logon scripts synchronously". >> . >> >> Marc >> >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Tanuki uk wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I'm quite new to Samba administration and I've inherited a working samba >>> setup with roaming profiles however the login and logout times for users has >>> been growing and I'm starting to think it's time do something about it. I'm >>> thinking redirect some folders to a samba share on the network will speed up >>> the login and logout times. >>> >>> Our setup has 25 Windows 7 workstations and about 10 laptop users(also on >>> windows 7) all connecting to one Samba server. The laptops are often not on >>> the main office network so i was planning to use offline file sync for the >>> network drive i would be redirecing to, is this a bad idea for some reason? >>> >>> I've had a look around at various documentation and details seem >>> quite scarce. However all the documentation I've found is targeted at >>> Windows XP or suggests using domain wide Group Policy Objects (GPO's). My >>> understanding is that GPO's can only be used if you have a Windows AD server >>> or Samba 4 however I don't have a Windows server and Samba 4 is abit too >>> bleeding edge for a production deployment(?). >>> >>> If anyone can point me to some good documentation it would be really useful, >>> I would love to see an updated "The Official Samba HOWTO and Reference >>> Guide" or similar. Thought's comments or insights are also more then >>> welcome. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tanuki > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
