Re: Please Read - Windows XP and Roaming Profiles

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 04/26/04


Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:16:45 -0400

Any userenv errors in your event logs?

Raffi wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've stumbled on a problem that I haven't been able to find a
> solution. It's concerning the Windows XP shutdown process. Some
> Windows XP machines do the following (among other things) during
> shutdown:
>
> 1. Close network connections
> 2. Save settings
>
> This seems to create a problem when using roaming profiles. After the
> user makes changes to their profile, the Windows XP workstation needs
> to save the changes to the server during shutdown. But since Windows
> XP is closing the network connection before saving the user settings,
> the profile on the server is not updated.
>
> The solution would be a way to change the shutdown process on the
> Windows XP workstation to:
>
> 1. Save settings
> 2. Close network connections
>
> Is there a way to configure the XP shutdown process to save the
> settings and then continue shutting down the PC (including network
> connections)?
>
> BTW, Windows 2000 machines on the same network do not have this
> problem. They all save settings before shutdown and their profiles get
> properly updated on the server.
>
> Other problems I've read about in newsgroups may also be related to
> this. These include deleted files reappearing the next time the user
> logs on to the domain. The cause may be the same since the profile was
> never updated and the file was never deleted from the domain server's
> profile and re-appears when the profile is re-loaded the next time the
> user logs on.
>
> I'm posting this on Samba/Linux/BSD newsgroups as well since the
> server is a FreeBSD/Samba PDC.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Raffi



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