Terminal Server Profile Size

[Guest]

Respected Sir/Madam

We are having two terminal servers . Any nearly 200 users connect in both
the terminal servers . It's a windows 2000 environment . I want to restrict
the profile size for each user in the terminal server as 20MB . Please help
me to restrict the profile size either through group policy or any other
method . Very Urgent . Please Help .

 

[Guest]

Group Policy -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System ->
User Profiles -> Limit Profile size

Other things that you can do yo help keep the profile small:

Redirect My Documents to the user's Home Folder on a Network Server
Set the Temporary Internet File Cache to empty when the browser is closed
Set the Temporary Internet File Cache size to a small value like 4MB
Restrict users from saving items on their desktops (can be done via Group
Policy)
Select Use Temporary Folders Per Session and Empty Temporary Folders upon
exit via Terminal Server Configuration MMC or GPO.

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com

 

[Guest]

I want to set the profile size to terminal server computer level . If I set
at user level the NT user profile is also getting that group policy and what
I need is I need the policy to set only to terminal server profile . Please
Help .

 

[Guest]

You need to use loopback policy processing, so the GPO only affects users
when they're logged onto sepcific machines, i.e. terminal servers

Create an OU named Terminal Servers
Move your Terminal Server into this OU
DO NOT move users into this OU
Create a GPO and link it to this OU
Enable loopback policy processing with the replace policy option
Set the security on the GPO with the TS & users having apply policy, but
administrators having DENY apply policy.

More how tos here:
http://www.workthin.com/tshta.htm


Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com

 

[Guest]

Respected Sir ,

I don't want the users to logoff if the profile size is exceeded . But the
intelligent users close their session by closing the window if the size
exceeds . What I want is they should not be able to logon unless contacting
the administrator . Please help .

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Have you considered using disk quotas?

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[Guest]

NO I don't want to use disk quotas . I need to restrict only the profile size

 

[Guest]

When I was little my mother said "It's good to want". This feature is NOT
built into Windows, so you'll have to write a script that checks the profile
size, then deny the session if your condition is met, to do what you desire.

I think your intentions are good, but I can't say that I agree with your
plan. Forcing uses to call someone to be able to begin work is bordering on
being a PITA (nothing personal). You might find users a bit more receptive
to your policy (or the one you're trying to enforce) if you track their
profile size behind the scenes (by checking the event log) then contact them
to resolve the problem, rather than causing users to get upset because they
can't logon.

What do you currently do to keep user profiles under control?
Do you restrict users from saving items on their desktops or anywhere on the
local hard drive of the TS?
Do you Delete their Roaming Profile Cache on the local computer (at logoff)?
Do you redirect their My Documents out of their Profile?
Do you restrict the size of the IE Cache?
Do you delete temporary files at logoff (also solved by Deleting the local
profile at logoff).

It'd be helpful to know what you've tried.

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com