Roaming Profile on W2K3 and XP Pro

From: RTF_007 (RTF_007_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/31/05 

Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 06:55:35 -0700

Hi all,
I installed a new W2K3 Server and XP clients and all was working fine till
my server crashed. After re-installing it, I restored all the
data,re-created all the users and re-added all the clients to the domain.
The domain name and file path was put back to exactly the way it was before
the crash however, users were able to login but could not open Outlook 2003
which uses Exchange 2003 plus, they couldn't save anything to any drive -
mapped or local. To avoid this scenario, I had to create local usernames
with Administrative previledges on their local machines then they were able
to do all they should do in a domain environment. I prefer using roaming
profiles but right now, it doesn't seem to work. If a user is to log into
another machine, I would have to create a local username with Administrative
previledges. They were Also restricted from accessing some of their created
files on their Network Home directories and with this, I had to take
ownership as the Administrator, then add them for access. This is my first
time working with W2K3 and XP as a domain/client environment and I suppose
it's a question of security but I don't where to look anymore. Now none of
my users have a roaming profile even though it says so plus all of them have
administrative rights locally which I'm not confortable with. Can someone
help please? Very sorry for length-just wanted to cover all in a nutshell.

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