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How can I add a folder to the root of the default user?

There is a program we have that needs to be set up after the user signs in. This change is the same for everyone and only needs to be done once. We are trying to present that app in Citrix and are having a small issue. I am trying to get this file…
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Windows 7 - User Profile Service is deleting Local Profile on Logon. Not guest, multiple machines

I am an IT admin for a school portraits company. We deploy dozens of laptops into the field for support of various applications and services, and today we encountered an issue where windows is attempting to delete the user profile our operators…
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User profile disks still active after removing roles

I wanted to try out all the remote desktop roles on my server, so I did a hyper-v install of Windows Server 2012 R2 datacenter on my server which also runs Windows Server 2012 R2 datacenter. However I didn't notice I still was connected to my base…
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Local user profile is created on Windows server when user accesses a shared folder on that server

I have discovered that several of our file servers have a handful of local user profiles (i.e. in C:\Users on the server) for users who obviously don't have permission to logon directly (interactive, remote, etc) to those servers. Through some…
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Why in Windows 2008R2 hkey_users sub keys does not match user profiles count?

I'm trying to set default proxy setting for all users (including remote desktop users) via the registry ( under HKEY_USERS\\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\) On a classical server or workstation each user have a…
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ADDS: Mandatory Profiles through powershell

Intro I'm a networking student from Belgium and I just got assigned a big project. Basicly i'm responsible for the ADDS. We have to create several OU's and every OU needs at least 20 users or more. 1 of these OU's is called "Guests" and has 20+…
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Group Policy to Place Shortcut on All Users Desktops

We're looking at using a GPO to put a shortcut to a company web app on all users' desktops. Different users are on different Windows versions, meaning the location varies: c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop c:\users\all…
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The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded

I'm getting this error on a users desktop. The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded. Unfortunately the local administrator account is disabled (we are at a large organization and can not use the domain admin…
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Windows still thinks profiles are mandatory even when they are not

A couple of weeks ago, we experimented with mandatory profiles for users, but due to some issues with one piece of software, we had to revert back to roaming profiles. However, even though the ntuser file is now a .dat, not a .man, the local…
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How to configure AD so that users who travel to different sites have the same Desktop and My Documents folders

I am settings up my Windows 2008 Active Directory environment so that users can travel between 2 sites and still access their Desktop and My Documents folders. Currently, we have 2 sites (Site A and Site B). Site A has been in existence for about…
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Took a computer out of a domain that does not exist anymore - User's documents gone

We have long ago switched off our Windows Domain. A user came in with his laptop, that was still a member of it. I think the Desktop and files were synced with the fileserver, but that doesn't exist anymore either. So Windows saved the files…
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Prevent access to user documents for users logging in from terminal server

I am fairly new to administrating servers, but I have been charged with the task of working out remote access to the company's network. The general plan is to connect through a VPN to a terminal server connected to the network. The users will then…
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Desktop Folder Redirection Consistency

I have changed our Desktop folder redirection policy to point to a new share on the server. Some computers are accepting the new policy and displaying the new shortcuts. Others display no icons and others display the old share. How can I force a…
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win7 and win xp roaming profile

I have a samba server with WinXP roaming profiles and now I have to have some win7 clients as well. Is there any trick which would allowed to login any users on Winxp and Win7 with the same profile settings? Settings contains: - desktop settings -…
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Change users wallpaper without logging in as the user in XP

I have admin access to the computer. What I want to do is change a users wallpaper to something else but without logging in as the user. There must be a config file or something where these settings are kept for the user. I'm assuming it's in…
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