Problem with SBS 2003 and roaming profile

I have searched the groups, but can't find any posts relating to this.

We have a small network -
1 X Small Business Server 2003 R2 Server
7 X Win XP Clients

I have setup the users to use roaming profiles.
I have also setup folder redirect for Profile Folders to Shared Folder on
server.
I have disabled Offline Files on the XP Clients.

This setup looks like it's working OK, and has done for a week, but now i've
had 2 instances where a client has logged in and every shortcut / document
has vanished.

When I look in the Folder for the users profile on the Server, the Desktop
folder is empty and the My Documents folder is also empty, yet Firefox still
contains all of the bookmarks that have been added by the user - so the App
Data folder works OK

Please Help!! Murpheys Law has struck & this has happened to the two
company directors who are looking to me for the answers.

I appreciate any help with this, I don't know where to begin looking with
this problem.

Thanks
Andy

Cliff
Thu May 08 16:54:42 PDT 2008

Roaming profiles can be tricky to troubleshoot even at the best of times,
and in your case, it sounds like the damage has already been done. The best
you can do for your two users is restore their files from a backup.

For the future, I *highly* recommend using redirected folders in conjunction
with roaming profiles. Because less data has to be synced during the
profile logon, it tends to cut down on profile problems. It also allows you
to turn on shadow copies on the redirected folders share so recovering files
is a bit easier as well.

-Cliff


"AndyW" <AndyW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B88FABAA-09F8-410C-87BD-91908033765D@microsoft.com...
> I have searched the groups, but can't find any posts relating to this.
>
> We have a small network -
> 1 X Small Business Server 2003 R2 Server
> 7 X Win XP Clients
>
> I have setup the users to use roaming profiles.
> I have also setup folder redirect for Profile Folders to Shared Folder on
> server.
> I have disabled Offline Files on the XP Clients.
>
> This setup looks like it's working OK, and has done for a week, but now
> i've
> had 2 instances where a client has logged in and every shortcut / document
> has vanished.
>
> When I look in the Folder for the users profile on the Server, the Desktop
> folder is empty and the My Documents folder is also empty, yet Firefox
> still
> contains all of the bookmarks that have been added by the user - so the
> App
> Data folder works OK
>
> Please Help!! Murpheys Law has struck & this has happened to the two
> company directors who are looking to me for the answers.
>
> I appreciate any help with this, I don't know where to begin looking with
> this problem.
>
> Thanks
> Andy

Cliff
Thu May 08 17:12:21 PDT 2008

*ahem* Nothing to see here, you posted this twice. And you got advice in
the other thread better than mine.

Move along..nothing to see here...

-Cliff


"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ezEmgbWsIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Roaming profiles can be tricky to troubleshoot even at the best of times,
> and in your case, it sounds like the damage has already been done. The
> best you can do for your two users is restore their files from a backup.
>
> For the future, I *highly* recommend using redirected folders in
> conjunction with roaming profiles. Because less data has to be synced
> during the profile logon, it tends to cut down on profile problems. It
> also allows you to turn on shadow copies on the redirected folders share
> so recovering files is a bit easier as well.
>
> -Cliff
>
>
> "AndyW" <AndyW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B88FABAA-09F8-410C-87BD-91908033765D@microsoft.com...
>> I have searched the groups, but can't find any posts relating to this.
>>
>> We have a small network -
>> 1 X Small Business Server 2003 R2 Server
>> 7 X Win XP Clients
>>
>> I have setup the users to use roaming profiles.
>> I have also setup folder redirect for Profile Folders to Shared Folder on
>> server.
>> I have disabled Offline Files on the XP Clients.
>>
>> This setup looks like it's working OK, and has done for a week, but now
>> i've
>> had 2 instances where a client has logged in and every shortcut /
>> document
>> has vanished.
>>
>> When I look in the Folder for the users profile on the Server, the
>> Desktop
>> folder is empty and the My Documents folder is also empty, yet Firefox
>> still
>> contains all of the bookmarks that have been added by the user - so the
>> App
>> Data folder works OK
>>
>> Please Help!! Murpheys Law has struck & this has happened to the two
>> company directors who are looking to me for the answers.
>>
>> I appreciate any help with this, I don't know where to begin looking with
>> this problem.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Andy
>