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Temporary profile on XP laptop
I recently set up a new Windows XP Pro laptop for a user at a small
company; they run Server 2003. Her old desktop computer ran Win2K. When the XP machine logs into the domain, an error message states that the user profile is only temporary, and that any changes will not be saved. There is also mention about security settings. Both the desktop and laptop have her membership in Power Users, which matches what the server has, so I don't know where to look next. Thank you. |
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Temporary profile on XP laptop
Are you using roaming profiles per chance as in the profile is stored on a
server and not locally?? I know problems can arise if the user does not have full control and is owner of their profile folder. Also make sure that you configured the new computer to use only the domain controller as it's preferred DNS server and run the support tool netdiag on it to see if all is configured correctly. Look in the logs via Event Viewer to see if any events have been recorded that may be helpful. --- Steve "M Fay" wrote in message ... I recently set up a new Windows XP Pro laptop for a user at a small company; they run Server 2003. Her old desktop computer ran Win2K. When the XP machine logs into the domain, an error message states that the user profile is only temporary, and that any changes will not be saved. There is also mention about security settings. Both the desktop and laptop have her membership in Power Users, which matches what the server has, so I don't know where to look next. Thank you. |
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Temporary profile on XP laptop
Steven L Umbach wrote:
Are you using roaming profiles per chance as in the profile is stored on a server and not locally?? I know problems can arise if the user does not have full control and is owner of their profile folder. Also make sure that you configured the new computer to use only the domain controller as it's preferred DNS server and run the support tool netdiag on it to see if all is configured correctly. Look in the logs via Event Viewer to see if any events have been recorded that may be helpful. --- Steve "M Fay" wrote in message ... I recently set up a new Windows XP Pro laptop for a user at a small company; they run Server 2003. Her old desktop computer ran Win2K. When the XP machine logs into the domain, an error message states that the user profile is only temporary, and that any changes will not be saved. There is also mention about security settings. Both the desktop and laptop have her membership in Power Users, which matches what the server has, so I don't know where to look next. Thank you. Steve, I remembered that detail about the DNS after I saw your reply. It's been a while since I worked on a computer install on a domain. Thank you. Hopefully XP will have no problem updating the 2000 profile on the server. What is interesting, however, is that the "administrator.domainname" user has a local profile on this laptop. Mike |
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Temporary profile on XP laptop
There will always be a local profile also for any user that logs onto a
domain computer even if they have a roaming/server profile. --- Steve "M Fay" wrote in message ... Steven L Umbach wrote: Are you using roaming profiles per chance as in the profile is stored on a server and not locally?? I know problems can arise if the user does not have full control and is owner of their profile folder. Also make sure that you configured the new computer to use only the domain controller as it's preferred DNS server and run the support tool netdiag on it to see if all is configured correctly. Look in the logs via Event Viewer to see if any events have been recorded that may be helpful. --- Steve "M Fay" wrote in message ... I recently set up a new Windows XP Pro laptop for a user at a small company; they run Server 2003. Her old desktop computer ran Win2K. When the XP machine logs into the domain, an error message states that the user profile is only temporary, and that any changes will not be saved. There is also mention about security settings. Both the desktop and laptop have her membership in Power Users, which matches what the server has, so I don't know where to look next. Thank you. Steve, I remembered that detail about the DNS after I saw your reply. It's been a while since I worked on a computer install on a domain. Thank you. Hopefully XP will have no problem updating the 2000 profile on the server. What is interesting, however, is that the "administrator.domainname" user has a local profile on this laptop. Mike |
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