Can someone explain how Roaming Profiles and mapped My Documents work together? "Kelvin" <someone[ at ]domain.com> 10/20/2008 4:35:38 PM If I understand correctly, if I enter a path in User Properties\Profile (tab)\Profile Path, say \\ServerName\UserName the users profile will reside there and no matter what computer they log into the will always use the same profile, hence roaming profiles. If I understand correctly the user profile at \\ServerName\UserName is copied to the users PC each time they log in. What I'm trying to accomplish\Understand is, how do I keep the users My Documents from being copied down each time? If I use a mapped drive for the users My Documents folder like \\ServerName\UserName\My Documents, will this keep the users My Documents folder from being copied down? I have users who have large My Document folders and I don't want them to have to wait for it to be copied each time they log on. Thanks Kelvin

RE: Can someone explain how Roaming Profiles and mapped My Documents w Salvador Manaois III 10/21/2008 6:43:02 AM You may need to use Folder redirection for your users' My Documents folders. You can use either Group policy or login scripts to accomplish this. This Technet link should provide you ample information on how to implement this for your environment. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782799.aspx -- Salvador Manaois III MCSE MCSA CEH MCITP | Enterprise/Server Admin Bytes & Badz : http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com "Kelvin" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If I understand correctly, if I enter a path in User Properties\Profile > (tab)\Profile Path, say \\ServerName\UserName the users profile will reside > there and no matter what computer they log into the will always use the same > profile, hence roaming profiles. > If I understand correctly the user profile at \\ServerName\UserName is > copied to the users PC each time they log in. > > What I'm trying to accomplish\Understand is, how do I keep the users My > Documents from being copied down each time? > > If I use a mapped drive for the users My Documents folder like > \\ServerName\UserName\My Documents, will this keep the users My Documents > folder from being copied down? > > I have users who have large My Document folders and I don't want them to > have to wait for it to be copied each time they log on. > > Thanks > > Kelvin > > >

Re: Can someone explain how Roaming Profiles and mapped My Documents w "Kelvin" <someone[ at ]domain.com> 10/21/2008 9:53:43 PM Thanks for the link... I have another question for clarification. If I'm going to redirect the My Documents folder I would need to set a Home folder in the users profile, is that correct? In addition to redirect the My Documents folder I can also do roaming profiles by entering a value in the Profile Path on the Profile tab, is that correct? Is it better to user a UNC path in the Home folder, Local path field or a drive letter and a UNC path? Thanks for your time! Kelvin "Salvador Manaois III" <SalvadorManaoisIII[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5792C96C-F816-45E0-901A-11367974ECAD[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > You may need to use Folder redirection for your users' My Documents > folders. > You can use either Group policy or login scripts to accomplish this. This > Technet link should provide you ample information on how to implement this > for your environment. > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782799.aspx > -- > Salvador Manaois III > MCSE MCSA CEH MCITP | Enterprise/Server Admin > Bytes & Badz : http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com > > > "Kelvin" wrote: > >> If I understand correctly, if I enter a path in User Properties\Profile >> (tab)\Profile Path, say \\ServerName\UserName the users profile will >> reside >> there and no matter what computer they log into the will always use the >> same >> profile, hence roaming profiles. >> If I understand correctly the user profile at \\ServerName\UserName is >> copied to the users PC each time they log in. >> >> What I'm trying to accomplish\Understand is, how do I keep the users My >> Documents from being copied down each time? >> >> If I use a mapped drive for the users My Documents folder like >> \\ServerName\UserName\My Documents, will this keep the users My Documents >> folder from being copied down? >> >> I have users who have large My Document folders and I don't want them to >> have to wait for it to be copied each time they log on. >> >> Thanks >> >> Kelvin >> >> >>

Re: Can someone explain how Roaming Profiles and mapped My Documents w "Kelvin" <someone[ at ]domain.com> 10/23/2008 5:09:19 PM I've created a GP, "Redirect My Documents". With the following settings: 1). Under Setting: Advenaced (Specify location for various user groups) Group = Domain\Domain Users Path = \\%HOMESHARE%%HOMEPATH% 2.) Under Options: Brant user exclusive rights to My Documents = Disabled Move the contents of My Documents to the new location = Enabled Policy Removal Behaviour = Leave contents When I log off and back on it takes over an hour to boot up. Does this have to do with "Move the contents of My Documents to the new location = Enabled" When it finished "Applying Computer Settings" the files in my local My Documents folder were still there. I've now manually moved everything out of my local My Documents folder to my network folder. In my User Profile all I have set is my Home Folder set to, Connect "U:" and to \\server\userdata\username My My Document's Icon on the desktop still point to my local folder and the path is locked and I can't edit it... Any ideas on what I'm missing in this process? Thanks Kelvin "Kelvin" <someone[ at ]domain.com> wrote in message news:OZ2ucf8MJHA.2760[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Thanks for the link... > > I have another question for clarification. > If I'm going to redirect the My Documents folder I would need to set a > Home folder in the users profile, is that correct? > In addition to redirect the My Documents folder I can also do roaming > profiles by entering a value in the Profile Path on the Profile tab, is > that correct? > Is it better to user a UNC path in the Home folder, Local path field or a > drive letter and a UNC path? > > Thanks for your time! > > Kelvin > > > "Salvador Manaois III" <SalvadorManaoisIII[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote in message > news:5792C96C-F816-45E0-901A-11367974ECAD[ at ]microsoft.com... >> You may need to use Folder redirection for your users' My Documents >> folders. >> You can use either Group policy or login scripts to accomplish this. This >> Technet link should provide you ample information on how to implement >> this >> for your environment. >> >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782799.aspx >> -- >> Salvador Manaois III >> MCSE MCSA CEH MCITP | Enterprise/Server Admin >> Bytes & Badz : http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com >> >> >> "Kelvin" wrote: >> >>> If I understand correctly, if I enter a path in User Properties\Profile >>> (tab)\Profile Path, say \\ServerName\UserName the users profile will >>> reside >>> there and no matter what computer they log into the will always use the >>> same >>> profile, hence roaming profiles. >>> If I understand correctly the user profile at \\ServerName\UserName is >>> copied to the users PC each time they log in. >>> >>> What I'm trying to accomplish\Understand is, how do I keep the users My >>> Documents from being copied down each time? >>> >>> If I use a mapped drive for the users My Documents folder like >>> \\ServerName\UserName\My Documents, will this keep the users My >>> Documents >>> folder from being copied down? >>> >>> I have users who have large My Document folders and I don't want them to >>> have to wait for it to be copied each time they log on. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Kelvin >>> >>> >>> > >