Adding roaming profiles

Hello,
We have an existing farm with only one server in it now that is in production. We have two other rdsh servers on the side that we are going to be adding into the farm. Currently we are not using roaming profiles but would like to. I know
you can set the path for remote desktop profiles in user settings in AD or globally in group policy settings fro the rdsh servers. I am trying to figure out the best way to introduce roaming profiles into the current 1 server farm and add the
roaming profiles to the new servers before they are joined to the farm. Can I do it per AD user settings to test things out on a few users and log into all three servers? If I make the change globally I don't want to have problems on the production
server for all users.

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server forum.
You can specify a Remote Desktop Services-specific profile path and home folder for a user connecting to an RD Session Host server. This profile and home folder will only be used for Remote Desktop Services sessions. You should assign a separate profile for
Remote Desktop Services sessions because many of the common options that are stored in profiles, such as screen savers and animated menu affects, are not desirable when using Remote Desktop Services.
You can manually configure these settings on the Remote Desktop Services Profile tab on the Properties sheet of a user account in the Local Users and Groups snap-in or the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
You can also use the following Group Policy settings to configure these settings:
- Set RD User Home Directory
- Set path for RD Roaming User Profile
- Use mandatory profiles on the RD Session Host server
The Group Policy settings can be found in Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Profiles
More information:
Deploy Roaming User Profiles
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/jj649079.aspx
User Profiles on Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/06/02/user-profiles-on-windows-server-2008-r2-remote-desktop-services.aspx?Redirected=true
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki

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File Associations in 2012 R2 RDS Server using Roaming Profiles

Background Information
We recently moved from using 2008 R2 RDS servers to 2012 R2 RDS Servers. All of our users
have roaming profiles. When we migrated from the old terminal servers to the
new terminal servers, the users got completely new profiles. The only thing
moved from their old profiles were documents and items on their desktops. We
have multiple PDF viewers/editors installed on our RDS servers. Mostly due to
the cost difference between Adobe Acrobat and other, cheaper products that a
lot of our users can get away with using that don't need the functionality of
Adobe Acrobat.
The Problem
Ever since moving to the new 2012 R2 RDS servers, whenever our users log off terminal
server, the next time they log in their default PDF Viewer association doesn't
load, and they have to go through the process of choosing a default PDF viewer.
This only occurs when there's more than one PDF viewer installed on the server.
We've tested it with only one PDF viewer program, and the setting remains after
logging off and back on. The problem we've found is that the registry key that
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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\UserChoice
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logging off and back on to the terminal servers, if you look at that same
Progid key, it has been converted in to a Hash value, and the Operating System
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again.
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the non-hashed value, and have it set to import that value on log on. However,
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Acrobat 9.1 update - Roaming Profiles still crashes

Roaming Profiles crash Acrobat 9 9.1
Got the official. "Known Problem. Wait until the next update"
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makedir C\users\%username%\appdata\LocalLow
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955555/en-us
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New domain, Roaming Profiles, Outlook 2010 gives error 'Your Outlook data file cannot be configured'.

Hi there,
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although I don't think that has any bearing on my issue.
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Novell support tells me I should be using a dedicated Server for Zenworks
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I'm gonna attempt this with a couple of scripts - (one added to login script
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(It would be nice to do Desktop Colour / Image etc so the user feels at home
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"W_ Prindl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Although I use OWS SBE I never use the integrated Simba tools, etc. I
> install everything using the standard non SBE methods. So I don't know
> if you installed SLES Samba or OES ( = Novell) Samba. Of course Novell
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> file access rights.
>
> For Novell Samba your users have to be LUM enabled.
>
> But roaming profiles should work regardless of the Samba server in use.
> But of course - if you do not have a common configuration source such
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> server-stored) profiles locally at each PC for each user individually.
> Should be possible in a 10 users/10 PCs environment - but that are 100
> configuration entries just for this feature.
>
> BTW I have Zenworks and Groupwise running on the same server in a small
> setup similar to yours.
>
> Only negative thing with Zenworks Configuration Management is, that it
> is a real resource hog at the client side. Recent dual core or quad
> core processor PCs have no problem, but older dual cores and single
> cores come really to a halt with the Zenworks Agent.
> --
> W. Prindl
>
>
> Chris wrote:
>
>>Novell support tells me I should be using a dedicated Server for
>>Zenworks This would be a real over kill!
>>
>>So, are there any alternatives to using Zenworks for Roaming profiles?
>>
>>Googeling I see SAMBA can support Roaming Profiles
>>
>>Samba is installed & I created Samba users via SBE Admin but when I
>>select Samba Administration - seems to be no details ie. users,
>>workgroup name etc?
>>
>>Is Novell Samba differently?
>>
>>Is it possible setup Roaming Profiles with Novell Samba?

Microsoft Word 2010 Hiding/Removing the Navigation Pane for Roaming Profiles

Hello all,
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Update:
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4.0EA3 Large cache file in roaming profile

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>
>Runtime Error!
>
>Program: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe
>
>The application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an usual way.
>Please contact the application's support team for more information.
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>
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>
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>
>abnormal program termination
>
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The same user logging onto one of our laptops (which are set to use local profiles even for domain users) does NOT experience crashes.
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>ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
>ntdll!ZwWaitForMultipleObjects+0xc
>kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0x11d
>kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects+0x18
>kernel32!WerpReportFaultInternal+0x16d
>kernel32!WerpReportFault+0x70
>kernel32!UnhandledExceptionFilter+0x1b5
>msvcr80!abort+0xeb
>msvcr80!terminate+0x4d
>WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames >may be wrong.
>Acrobat+0x422e
>ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x6f
>ntdll!_EH4_CallFilterFunc+0x12
>ntdll!_except_handler4+0x8e
>ntdll!ExecuteHandler2+0x26
>ntdll!ExecuteHandler+0x24
>ntdll!KiUserExceptionDispatcher+0xf
>kernel32!RaiseException+0x58
>msvcr80!_CxxThrowException+0x46
>Acrobat_69630000!DllCanUnloadNow+0x68e27
>Acrobat_69630000!PDFLTerm+0x645ce
>Acrobat_69630000!DllCanUnloadNow+0x663df
>msvcr80!_NLG_Return
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CS6 keep pulling stupid stunts.
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Hi,
I am following article
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We experience the same message, reinstalled the ZfdAgent.msi install, and
now we never see the message. The problem is caused by the installation
of the Novell Client or the patches for the Client because they save over
top of some of the Zen files.
> We are using Windows XP SP2, ZFD 3.2 SP3 and Roaming profiles configured
> through user policy package (set to copy profile to user's netware home
> directory). When logoff/restart or shutdown the xp workstation, we get
>
> "Windows cannot update your roaming profile. Possible causes of this
error
> include network problems or insufficient rights. If this problem
persists,
> contact your network administrator"
> Detail: The system cannot find the path specified.
>
> There are two messages in Event Viewer:
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> - Event ID 1509 - Windows cannot copy file C:\Documents and
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> Detail: The system cannot find the path specified.
>
> I looked at the userenv.log but it didn't mean much to me.
>
> Any ideas?
>

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Hello,
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"Task '*Email Address* - Sending' reported error (0x8004010F) : 'Outlook data file cannot be accessed.'
They are able to receive email without an issue.
I've seen other people report the same problem but with no fix reported. I wonder if anyone had made any progress on this.
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How to set up roaming profile on Macs using AD like in windows

I can bind the workstations to the domain fine.. But can someone direct me to instructions of how to set up the roaming profiles ?
What steps do I need on the server ? This is what I've done so far.
I already have OU's for the departments and the users have a shared folder inside their department folder.... \\server\shared_folder\user
I have done the usual things with AD as far as the profile settings on the windows server.
Am currently running Mac OS 10.5 and above
My windows AD runs on windows server 2008
All my windows workstation are able to use roaming profile without a problem.
So far i have tried the so many avenues including..
Make sure the Mac systems are joined to the domain controller and an ADS user can log on successfully. Use "Directory Utility" under "Utilities" menu to join the system to the domain.
Backup all the contents from /Users to the storage or somewhere locally.
Configure automount - Go to "Utilities" -> "Directory Utility" - Select the domain and click "Show advanced options" - Click "Mounts" tab and add automount as mentioned below. Remote NFS URL: nfs://server_name/share_name/path/to/profile/directory Mount location: /Users Additional mount parameters: -P,-T Apply the settings and this will mount the remote shared folder or we can name it as Roaming Profile Space - under /Users directory
Enable roaming profile - Go to "Utilities" -> "Directory Utility" - Select the domain and click "Show advanced options" - Click "Services" -> Select "Active Directory" and click "Show advanced option" - Click "User experience" tab and select the option "Create mobile account at login".
Reboot the system and log in as any ADS user. The Roaming shared folder will be mounted and the user profile will be created on the shared folder
Can anyone kindly assist me

Hi Guys, anyone with the Soln...or Tips..Am waiting

Tablet 2 won't upload roaming profile

Tablet 2, Windows 8 Pro (factory installed), AD domain member, user account with roaming profile.
The OS will download my roaming profile when I log in, but refuses to upload it back to the server when I log off. I've installed Windows 8 (Enterprise) from scratch on two other computers (a Dell laptop and a Lenovo W500 laptop), and on those machines, the roaming profile works correctly. Has anybody else seen this behavior?
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Have you tried to export to the "camera roll", and then try to export to you tube from the photos app?

Windows Domain Controller on Windows Server 2012 R2: Hyper-V roaming profiles not loading due to slow connection

I have racked my brain and done everything that I know to do for about two weeks now. I am setting up a new system at our fire department and I am having the worst luck with getting the workstations to login to the domain controller with roaming
profiles. It keeps telling me that the roaming profile could not be loaded because of a slow connection. These are workstations that are connected directly to the switch that the DC is connected to. I have tried multiple connections regarding
the layout (DC into the router, router into the switch). The router is a Cisco RV220W. I have two VLANS, one for public and one for private domain. The Private VLAN has DHCP turned off since I am providing it through the DC. I currently
have a connection from the Private VLAN going to the unmanaged switch that the workstations and server are plugged into.
The server is a Dell PowerEdge R420 that has 6 NIC ports (1 dual port and 1 quad port). I have a virtual switch setup on Hyper-V for an external port (let's say Card 2 Port 3) that is assigned to the WS 2012R2 Domain Controller. The DC can see
the internet fine and the workstations can connect to the shared folders on the server. I can retrieve files by just using the computer name or FQDN. The DC is also running DNS and DHCP. The DNS has the _msdcs setup from when I installed
the active directory role. I have attempted to assign static IP addresses to the workstations:
IP:                     10.0.0.80
Subnet:             255.255.255.0
IPV4 Gateway: 10.0.0.1
IPV4 DNS:        10.0.0.12
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Thanks,
Jay

So, I've managed to research this some more since Thursday and I've come to the conclusion that Hyper-V does a horrible job of supporting Qualcomm NIC cards. That's the only thing I can conclude as far as where the issue is originating. I've read many
post and walkthroughs but nothing that has helped. The issue wasn't with any settings in the domain controller. The issue was that there really is a slow connection originating at the domain controller that is a VM and has network connectivity through the
virtual switch from Hyper-V. So, next question is, how do I get the DC to have better connectivity through the NIC that Hyper-V won't give it? If hyper-v would allow passthrough, this would be so much simpler. VM-ware is looking really good at this point.
Im disappointed in MS right now.

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