Problems with profiles

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Jack Jones

This is a long shot!
Are you setting the user up with the sam username as the one you had probs
with?
If so, maybe the ntuser.dat file (which is an ntuser.man file) is staying
there when the users is being delted, could the new user be using the old
ntuser.man file?
Does the user have write access to his profile on the local machine and/or
server?

Like i said this is a long shot!
 
chris said:
Kind of long but sit back and enjoy. I have a customer that every
times he logs on to his computer he gets the following message.
Windows cannot locate the server copy of 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 lofoff. Possible
causes of this error include network problems or insufficient
security rights. If this problem persists, contact your network
administrator. That's the first one. Click ok and this is the next
one. Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with
a temp. profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when
you logoff.
Now the strange thing is this We've logged on to 5 different machines
4 XP and 1 2K machine and we get the same message everytime with his
userid and password. We've completely re-built his domain account and
made sure he was admin to the box. No when you add the user to the
box and log in there's only a temp folder in the doc/settings folder.
If anyone else logs on everything is fine and their ID is created in
the doc/settings folder. For some reason it's setting him up with a
roaming profile no matter where and what kind of system you set his
account up on. We thought we had a fix. We added the user to the box
as admin.Logged off and logged back in got the same message as the
above message. Then proceeded to go to control panel/system
properties/advanced/ under user profiles click settings, highlight
the user name and click change type and it allowed us to switch it
from roaming to local profile and bam fixed. WRONGGGGGGG.Tried that
very same thing on the other boxes and the option to change to local
is grayed out. Now I did get to work on a 2k box and we got it to
work on a XP box. The customer has a dell laptop and so do I with the
same load as all other machines with the exception of the 2k box.
This thing is driver all us administrators and account admins up the
wall. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Chris
MCSE
CCNA
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Get NetSwitcher. It works and is very inexpensive and manages user
profiles without difficulty. Google: netswitcher.

Q
 
chris wrote:

You're an 'MSCE' and you can't set your damned clock?! And you post with
your real email address?! MSCE you may be - smart you certainly are not.
 
chris,

As Cerridwen stated, you are posting in the future. With the credentials you
list in your sig line I would think you would be aware that having either
your "time zone" or "system time" improperly set can cause problems and
therefore you really should correct it.

Personally, I trash messages with improper time settings because I sort by
time and don't like to see a message setting at the top of the list after
its allotted time; ie, new posts have arrived.
 
Kind of long but sit back and enjoy. I have a customer that every times he
logs on to his computer he gets the following message. Windows cannot locate
the server copy of 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 lofoff. Possible causes of this error include network problems or
insufficient security rights. If this problem persists, contact your network
administrator. That's the first one. Click ok and this is the next one.
Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temp.
profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you logoff.
Now the strange thing is this We've logged on to 5 different machines 4 XP
and 1 2K machine and we get the same message everytime with his userid and
password. We've completely re-built his domain account and made sure he was
admin to the box. No when you add the user to the box and log in there's
only a temp folder in the doc/settings folder. If anyone else logs on
everything is fine and their ID is created in the doc/settings folder. For
some reason it's setting him up with a roaming profile no matter where and
what kind of system you set his account up on. We thought we had a fix. We
added the user to the box as admin.Logged off and logged back in got the
same message as the above message. Then proceeded to go to control
panel/system properties/advanced/ under user profiles click settings,
highlight the user name and click change type and it allowed us to switch it
from roaming to local profile and bam fixed. WRONGGGGGGG.Tried that very
same thing on the other boxes and the option to change to local is grayed
out. Now I did get to work on a 2k box and we got it to work on a XP box.
The customer has a dell laptop and so do I with the same load as all other
machines with the exception of the 2k box. This thing is driver all us
administrators and account admins up the wall. Any help or suggestions would
be greatly appreciated.

Chris
MCSE
CCNA
 
Thanks for all of the positive comments with the exception of Mr. Jerk
Cerridwen. We're still working the issue.
 
chris,

The server makes adjustments for the time zone settings, so you have an
incorrect setting. The post you just sent is time stamped 3/14/2004 at 9:47
PM when it is only slightly past 8:00 AM here in the Rockies. So, try
looking at your settings and make the appropriate correction.

Additionally, I noticed you have removed your sig line credentials, I think
that's a good idea.

By the way, I won't see anymore of your post because when I get these future
dated posts, more than once, I block the sender so I don't have to deal with
the improper posting; ie, at the top of the list for a prolonged period of
time.
 
chris said:
How do you figure I am posting in the future. Could it be that maybe
you're in a different time zone? If I am correct it is march and the
year is 2004. You have to consider that not everyone is in the same
time zones.
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Hey, moron! Can you buy MSCE certificates on eBay now?!
 
Ok, I posted this in search of answers. Not to be jumped on about my clock
not being set. As far as I am concerned I've checked in bios and every where
else and my time and dates are correct. Maybe it's a problem with the
server.
Now on to the my problem. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
Cerridwen I owe you an apology from my last message. I would appreciate any
help I could get. Thanks

chris
MCSE
CCNA
 
chris said:
Ok, I posted this in search of answers. Not to be jumped on about my
clock not being set. As far as I am concerned I've checked in bios
and every where else and my time and dates are correct. Maybe it's a
problem with the server.
Now on to the my problem. Any suggestions would greatly be
appreciated. Cerridwen I owe you an apology from my last message. I
would appreciate any help I could get. Thanks

chris
MCSE
CCNA
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Your time and dates might have been correct - your /zone/ wasn't.

Let me illustrate something. Here in the UK it's 3:02am (yes, I'm a night
owl!) When I post this message, it will appear at the correct offset for
/your/ zone (you're Eastern, right?). Eastern is five hours BEFORE GMT (now
correctly called UTC) so, to you, it is now 22:05. When I post this message,
and you view it, it will have the correct stamp for your time zone. However,
if my zone was to be set incorrectly (as I will illustrate in a proceeding
message) the time would look wrong to you, so you would be able to tell
there was something wrong with my settings - that's how I could tell there
was something up with yours.

Blessed Be,

Cerri
 
This message has a deliberately incorrect time stamp to illustrate to Chris
the reasoning behind having a correctly set clock.

I have now set my time zone to match what yours should be (-0500 behind
UTC). Because this is incorrect for me, this posting should appear with a
time stamp that looks wrong to you. Your server will attempt to localise it
for your location, but that only works if the poster's zone is set
correctly. As I've deliberately set it incorrectly, it will appear to be in
the future to you.

The reasoning behind having a correctly set clock is simple: - These
messages are archived by Google Groups (http://groups.google.com) and it
throws off their archiving process if you don't make sure your clock is set
correctly.

Whilst we're on the subject of time, let me introduce you to one of my
favourite websites - www.timeanddate.com. Not only does it tell you what the
time is (and the offset from UTC) in practically every place on the face of
the planet, but gives you other useful info, such as the international
dialling code/city code, whether the country observes DST, sunrise/sunset
times, co-ordinates, capital city and/or seat of government (if different)
and the official language. The only thing it /doesn't/ tell you (and I think
it should - it tells you everything else, for Hades sake!) is the national
currency. Oh and major national holidays. Still useful though.

I hope that helps.
 
How do you figure I am posting in the future. Could it be that maybe you're
in a different time zone? If I am correct it is march and the year is 2004.
You have to consider that not everyone is in the same time zones.
 
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