Mavericks server roaming profiles

I Have been trying for days to set up roaming profiles on 3 iMacs connected to an iMac running mavericks server 3.1.1 and os 10.9.3. I've deleted the OD a few times now and I can't see why when I try to log on the password is never accepted. Very frustrating.

Hi,
When you are using the same roaming profile for a Windows client and a Terminal Services client, the profile may be inconsistent or overwritten. Configuration changes made on the local Windows desktop can overwrite changes made in the Terminal Services client
desktop or vice-versa, depending on which desktop is closed last.
For more and detail information, please refer to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243535
Meanwhile, there is a similar thread has been discussed:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/001d4b2f-895b-4003-a63b-bb2e4e734d54/moving-remote-deskotpterminal-services-roaming-profiles-from-one-server-2008-to-another-server-2008?forum=winserverTS
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Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
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This issue might occurs because the User Profile service does not load the terminal server roaming profile correctly after the user account password is reset.
When the Delete cache copies of roaming profiles Group Policy setting is enabled, and when a user is prompted to change the user account password, the User Profile service loads a local temporary user profile. The User Profile service loads this user profile
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In addition, please try to delete the SID of the user from registry key and check the result. You can follow the below path.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
More information:
You receive a "The User Profile Service failed the logon” error message
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215/en-us
Also check “User Profiles on Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services” article.
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
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I've recently stood up a Windows 2012 R2 server. I set up folder redirection using the guidelines
here and roaming profiles using Group Policy. All is well except for the fact that if the client is physically disconnected from the network then the profile isn't available.
I've set up folder redirection/roaming profiles on many different version of Windows Server and this is the first time I can remember that the files weren't available offline without further intervention from me. Is there some new setting or default on 2012
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I note the following screen on the share properties but don't want to go at it until I know more
Location of image in case of no display
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Shaon,
No problem at all, I'm delighted that someone is answering at all! :-)
The answers to your points/questions are as follows:
1. The issue persists after a reboot
2. All computers in the OU are experiencing this issue along with all users affected by these group policy items
3. There is only one group policy applied here and in relation to the three items you've mentioned:
Action on server disconnect [Not configured]
Non-default server disconnect actions [Not configured]
Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline [Not visible]
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Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Network\Offline Files
User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Network\Offline Files
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- Derek
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Slow logon for roaming profiles on Server 2012 R2.

Hey all,
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Local users have no problems logging on. Roaming profiles have no problems logging back in day after the first logon - The very first logon took a long time for them.
Profiles stored on an SSD NAS device. The device doesn't support SMB3 protocol. Could this be why?
Also when we check Event Viewer, we see "Event ID 5: Kernel-General :: {Registry Hive Recovered} Registry hive (file): '\........\NTUSER.DAT' was corrupted and it has been recovered. Some data might have been lost." But again,
same profiles have no problem logging on Server 2008 R2.
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Hi Bruce,
>>After this, roaming profiles began to take 7-8 mins to 15-16 mins to logon to the 2012 R2 RDHS.
Before going further, I want to further confirm if this happens when the users log onto the server first time or all the time. Besides, does this happen to all domain users logging onto the server?
>>"Event ID 5: Kernel-General :: {Registry Hive Recovered} Registry hive (file): '\........\NTUSER.DAT' was corrupted and it has been recovered. Some data might have been lost."
For this event, we can refer to the solution provided by Justin in the following thread to tackle the issue.
Registry Hive Corrupted - Event ID 5: Kernel-General
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Hi all,
I have implemented Roaming Profiles for a few test users on Windows 7 PC's (Windows Server 2003) and everything is working well aside from one error I'm seeing at logoff ('Your roaming user profile was not completely synchronized. See the event log
for details or contact your administrator.')
The event log reveals event ID's 1504 and 1509. 1504 is flagging the fact that Windows cannot update the roaming profile completely. 1509 shows the following:
'Windows cannot copy file C:\Users\jtest\ntuser.pol to location \\server\Profiles$\jtest.V2\ntuser.pol. This error may be caused by network problems or insufficient security rights.
DETAIL - Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
Other observations:
This issue occurs with all test users upon each logoff attempt except for the very first logoff, where there is no network share copy of ntuser.pol to get in the way.
Prior to logoff, the network share copy of ntuser.pol has an older timestamp than the local copy. This is not a cause or symptom but it leads me to believe updating the network copy of the file at logoff is normal/required behavior.
If I delete the network share copy of ntuser.pol prior to logoff the error does not occur. I don't suspect file permissions are the cause since I used the same user having difficulty logging off to delete the network share copy of the file.
ntuser.dat has no problem overwriting itself upon logoff.
I was able to repeat the problem with two windows 7 clients.
I've been all over the usual suspects (i.e. group policies affecting roaming profiles, file/folder permissions, installed every hotfix relating to roaming profiles and folder redirection, and googled every keyword) and came up empty. I confirmed offline
caching for the profile share is disabled.
Does anyone know what may be going on here? I'd greatly appreciate a point in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

You could too run a process monitor to watch what happen. With filter you can easilly configure it on the server to not log everything except read|write on the profile.
Regards, Philippe
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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
houses the default user choice:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\UserChoice
when set during the session, to Adobe Acrobat 11 for example, reads as such
inside that registry key. For example, the Progid key will say
Acrobat.Document.11 and this setting will persist until the user logs off. Upon
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
is unable to read the hashed value and determine what that user's default PDF
Viewer choice is, causing them to have to go through the process of setting it
again.
Things we've tried
We created a GPO that runs a script that exports the registry key upon log off that has
the non-hashed value, and have it set to import that value on log on. However,
by default this registry key has the DENY WRITE permission applied to it, so
when the system tries to import the registry key through the login script it is
unable to do so.
Summary
This issue only started happening once we moved over to 2012 R2 RDS servers. It only
occurs for users using Roaming Profiles. It only occurs when we have multiple
PDF Viewers installed on the servers. Any insight on why this is happening or
how to resolve it would be greatly appreciated.

I would use GPP to push the value, 'not hashed'. You can give right to the registry too, so like adding everyone group to that registry branch. (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/cc753092.aspx)
Regards, Philippe
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Server 2008 R2 Roaming Profiles

I am trying to get roaming profiles for Win Server 2008 R2 to work. I followed the instructions given by Lanwench at the following link:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/2e3d27cf-38ec-433d-8bee-2a69a73871a5/
I have created a new virtual disk on my AD server and am trying to get the profiles to start placing their profile data in that drive. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work correctly. When I log onto the machine it says that it is loading a temp
profile because the profile cannot access the profile data. The correct permissions are setup and no profile data is being placed in the shared folder. I know the permissions are setup correctly because I can successfully reach the folder from the profile
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It seems that this is a problem with permissions or connectivity / DNS resolution.
To configure roaming profiles, refer to that: http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/cc738596%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
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Backup Roaming Profile Data in windows Server 2008 R2

I am using windows server 2008r2 for active directory server.
I have configure roaming profile fore an user. I have configre roaming profile path is \\ads\Profile\user4 in C Drive.
I have log in this user in my domain network pc then simply like copy or create folder or some file in desktop. Then i have log in another pc from this domain network then i am getting desktop which was copy or create folder or files. Its working and
getting any pc in this domain environment.
Problem is like i have copy 2GB data in desktop and getting another pc for login this user but whose folder i have set for roaming profile this folder shows 0 byte.
But my question is how can i backup data for this user from my ADS Server for roaming profile?
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Hi,
You can use Group Policy to enforce limits to the size of roaming profiles. It seems that the size of the roaming profiles exceeded the size in the policy setting. Windows does not synchronize the user's profile to the profile server when it exceeds the policy
enabled limit.
You could increase the size use the Limit profile size policy setting. This increase causes delays in user logons, because it takes some time for Windows to copy the information to the local computer.
For more detailed information, please refer to the articles below:
Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(v=ws.10).aspx
Group Policy Recommendations for Roaming User Profiles
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781862(v=ws.10).aspx
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Terminal Server Profiles - Not Deleting(No Roaming Profiles)

I am currently not using roaming profiles. I have two Terminal Servers(both 2008R2) and 1 database server. Terminal server A houses the profiles and pulls user settings, desktop etc. In using the broker service, even if I log into to Terminal server B, I
get the profile that was setup on Terminal Server A or in other words, upon logging in the DELETED PROFILE is still being pulled.
So Indeed...
Upon deleting user1 from Terminal Server A and where the profiles are housed, it deletes just fine.
But..
Upon logging back into Terminal Server A or Terminal Server B I get the old profile. Obviously there is a caching problem somewhere.
Can anyone help please?

Assuming you are not running some other profile management product there are a few places a user profile comes from.
If they do not have a roaming profile set, their profile is copied from the hidden directory c:\Users\DEFAULT\
It can be copied from a roaming profile or it can be a mandatory profile.
I would be more inclined to think that on server B, the profile is roaming.
To check do a GPresult on the server or check the setting for the user in the registry. Run Regedit, navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\SID\
With SiD = Security Identifyer of the user. You can click ProfileList and Select find to search for the userID and locate the correct SID or you can examine the ProfileImagePath key to find it.
Once you have located the correct SID, look for CentralProfile key under the SID. If you don't find it or it matches the ProfileImagePath, then you are not roaming. If it is something else the profile is roaming.
If that doesn't work, download process monitor -> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx to the server.
Run it as an administrator. Click filter at the top and select filter...
CLick the drop down that says architecture and select User, then in the box after is enter the username as domain\username. You can also clcik the down arrow and select the user if they are logged on.
Have the user logon, delete all the profiles and have them login and you should be able to see what is going on. Once the user is logged on click the magnify glass icon on the toolbar to stop the trace and llok for the section where the profile is being
copied.
You can click Edit and then select find to search for "C:\Users\whatevertheuseridis"

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