Re: (Legible) Help Can't get "Folder Redirection"

From: Roger (ramsy_at_despammed.com)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 03:56:24 -0800

Thanks Paul,

I'm happy with this thread, and I'll stick to it from now on.

My original thread of 11/15 @ 11pm never showed from the Web interface.
Hence my 2nd repost, pasted into my newsreader client, which unwittingly
produced an unformatted mess, hence my 3rd post.

At any rate, I'm greatful you recognized my missuse of folder redirection.

Since, defrag won't work on root c:, for lack of free space, my plan was to
attempt folder redirect of my user files to a spacious partition on the same
machine.

It is my fault for designing an XP root with only 2GB, eventhough no
applications are installed there, the windows \system directory gets bloated
fast.

So, hoping to avoid risk & investment in partition resizing tools, I got
excited by references to folder redirect on the same machine.

Although, I clearly fumble with network admin concepts, it was this XP help
topic titled "Redirect special folders to a specific path," which started my
novice abuse of this Intellimirror stuff.

--- Quote ---
To redirect special folders to a specific path

1. Open a Group Policy object that is linked to the site, domain, or
organizational unit that contains the users whose special folders you want
to redirect.
--- endQuote ---

I didn't know if I could utilize an existing LAN setup to this end, rarly
used for backups only.

Using XP Pro SP1, Is it possible to create a site, domain, or organizational
unit with a single-user (admin), then link it to a Group Policy object?

Many Thanks,

Roger R.
Fullerton, CA
ramsy@despammed.com

"Paul Adare" <padare@newsguy.com> wrote in message

> Roger <ramsy@despammed.com> says...
>
> > Help - Required Menu options are missing for setting up
> > Folder Redirection.
> >
> > No Folder Redirection options exist with either MMC group
> > policy snap-in, or from Programs/Administrative tools
> > menu. No "Active Directory Users and Computers" menu.
>
> Is your computer actually a member of a domain? Active Directory Users
> and Computers is a tool that is used to manage a domain, if you're not
> in a domain, you won't be able to use Active Directory Users and
> Computers. Even if you are in a domain, Active Directory Users and
> Computers does not exist on a XP computer by default. You need to
> install it as part of the Administrative Tools package, which is only
> available from a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 computer
> (\\servername\admin$\system32\adminpak.msi).
> >
> > I can get MMC console from the RUN command, but
> > no "domain" or "OU" just a "Console Root" with one "Local
> > Computer Policy" tree after adding the "Group Policies"
> > snap-in. No "Folder Redirection" exists in any subtrees.
>
> This is by design, you can't use Group Policy for folder redirection
> unless your computer is a member of a domain. All of the Intellimirror
> technolgies require a domain.
>
> >
> > Is this because I'm not connected to a LAN. I am set up
> > to share a few folders with a seperate PC, but that PC
> > remains off most of the time.
>
> If your computer is not on a network, then how do you think you're going
> to be able to redirect the folders to another computer in the first
> place? If you really do have a network, but if the other computer is off
> most of the time, then again, how are you planning on accessing the
> redirected folders if the computer you've redirected them to is not
> turned on?
>
> What are you really trying to accomplish here? It sounds like you're
> trying to do something that folder redirection is not designed to do. If
> you tell us what your goal is, we maybe able to suggest a way to
> accomplish that goal that is actually possible.
>
> <snip>
>
> Paul Adare
> What use is it that knowledge mounts?
> It's knowing something good that counts.
> Friedrich von Logau

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