Local / Roaming Protocol

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I just gut a new PC w/ XP Pro. installed. I added it to my Win2K3 domain.
When I try to log in with my domain account it seems to insist on using a
roaming user profile - but none exists. I can't change this behavior because
it is "grayed out". Also, it takes forever to log in while looking first
for a
roaming profile and then for a local user profile.

I have an admin account on the Win2K3 server. I can find nothing wrong with
my domain account. My Win2K workstation works fine and it allows me to
select a local user profile (same domain account).

All I want to do is have a local profile on my XP Pro. system when I'm logged
into the domain. I can't figure out why is seems to be looking for a
mandatory
roaming user profile. I would also like to adjust the network timeout setting
(I'm on a corporate network and it should take only 15 seconds to decide it
can't find something.)

 

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| I just gut a new PC w/ XP Pro. installed. I added it to my Win2K3 domain.
| When I try to log in with my domain account it seems to insist on using a
| roaming user profile - but none exists. I can't change this behavior because
| it is "grayed out". Also, it takes forever to log in while looking first
| for a
| roaming profile and then for a local user profile.
|
| I have an admin account on the Win2K3 server. I can find nothing wrong with
| my domain account. My Win2K workstation works fine and it allows me to
| select a local user profile (same domain account).
|
| All I want to do is have a local profile on my XP Pro. system when I'm logged
| into the domain. I can't figure out why is seems to be looking for a
| mandatory
| roaming user profile. I would also like to adjust the network timeout setting
| (I'm on a corporate network and it should take only 15 seconds to decide it
| can't find something.)