cant establish stable network connection

i am trying to use a roaming user profile across 3 pc's
(1 server & 2 terminals) on my network but, as i am
obviously a pleb i'm stuck and cannot get the profile to
load on either terminals at system logon... all i get is
the msg_

"Windows did not load your roaming profile and is
attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes
to the profile will not be copied to the server when you
logoff. Windows did not load your profile because a
server copy of the profile folder already exists that
does not have the correct security. Either the current
user or the Administrator's group must be the owner of
the folder. Contact your network administrator.(which
would be me)"

i cant understand a word this says otherwise i'd probably
gottit coz up 2 now its not been 2 bad. a translation
for a not-worthy like me would be a godsend... & if a fix
rolls off the top of any heads it'd be most appreciated

okay i realise that my last msg was quite non-descript
but these cries for help aren't exactly my forte...
basically i have two accounts on the server box that i
would like to be able to access from the two remote
machines as they all get used quite often at the same
time and i keep having to either go upstairs to the
server box or start a remote session manually and
dissconnect the current server user. is there any way to
allow the client terminals to connect to the server (and
the two accuonts) automatically at desktop logon without
logging out the user of the server machine (which i keep
interrupting...)

this has been a long problem and i am eager to get it
fixed. any ideas?

>-----Original Message-----
>i am trying to use a roaming user profile across 3 pc's
>(1 server & 2 terminals) on my network but, as i am
>obviously a pleb i'm stuck and cannot get the profile to
>load on either terminals at system logon... all i get is
>the msg_
>
>"Windows did not load your roaming profile and is
>attempting to log you on with your local profile...>

You can only use one profile at a time unless you have
Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 server. Do you have
either of these? If not you can only remote desktop to
the server, which means booting off the person using that
PC.

Brendan
>-----Original Message-----
>okay i realise that my last msg was quite non-descript
>but these cries for help aren't exactly my forte...
>basically i have two accounts on the server box that i
>would like to be able to access from the two remote
>machines as they all get used quite often at the same
>time and i keep having to either go upstairs to the
>server box or start a remote session manually and
>dissconnect the current server user. is there any way to
>allow the client terminals to connect to the server (and
>the two accuonts) automatically at desktop logon without
>logging out the user of the server machine (which i keep
>interrupting...)
>
>this has been a long problem and i am eager to get it
>fixed. any ideas?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>i am trying to use a roaming user profile across 3 pc's
>>(1 server & 2 terminals) on my network but, as i am
>>obviously a pleb i'm stuck and cannot get the profile
to
>>load on either terminals at system logon... all i get
is
>>the msg_
>>
>>"Windows did not load your roaming profile and is
>>attempting to log you on with your local profile...>
>.
>

On your server side, find your profile (actually, just use the
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\username directory). Right click on it and
select Properties. Click the Security Tab and then the Advanced Tab.
Click on the Ownership tab and take ownership of the profile (if you
are logged on as that user), making sure to apply this to all
subfolders and objects. Alternatively, you can just add the username
to the security entry to the folder (at the Security tab) and allow
that user full access (and then select the option to apply the
security to all subfolders, etc.)

Post back with the OS for your server, and I can give you a more
specific guideline on how to do this...

Jeffrey Randow (Windows MVP - Networking & Smart Display)
winxp@longhornconsulting.com

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On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:40:37 -0700, "lex"
<themoffstrikesback@hotmail.com> wrote:

>i am trying to use a roaming user profile across 3 pc's
>(1 server & 2 terminals) on my network but, as i am
>obviously a pleb i'm stuck and cannot get the profile to
>load on either terminals at system logon... all i get is
>the msg_
>
>"Windows did not load your roaming profile and is
>attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes
>to the profile will not be copied to the server when you
>logoff. Windows did not load your profile because a
>server copy of the profile folder already exists that
>does not have the correct security. Either the current
>user or the Administrator's group must be the owner of
>the folder. Contact your network administrator.(which
>would be me)"
>
>i cant understand a word this says otherwise i'd probably
>gottit coz up 2 now its not been 2 bad. a translation
>for a not-worthy like me would be a godsend... & if a fix
>rolls off the top of any heads it'd be most appreciated