So I'm in the process of building out several
new servers in preparation for Citrix
Presentation Server 4.5 (rollup 3). After
logging on for the first time, I was prompted
with the following error message. "Windows
cannot locate the server copy of your roaming
profile and is attempting to log you on with
your local profile. Changes to the profile will
not be copied to the server when you logoff".
Possible causes of this error include network
problems or insufficient security rights. If
this problem persists, contact your network
administrator.
The above prompt is followed by a message
indicating "Windows cannot find the local
profile and is logging you on with a temporary
profile. Changes you make to this profile will
be lost when you log off. Awesome, double
errors... Neither my local or roaming profile
can be detected. And then after about 30
seconds, the system logs me on with a generic
profile.
Eh that's ok, no worries. Why would you want
roaming profiles on the Citrix server anyway.
And why would you want a server profile to cache
and update your roaming profile to your desktop.
Heck, what if your server profile ends up
updating your roaming profile and you loose all
of your desktop icons. Lol!
Anyway, here is how I'm going to address the
issue. Note, this is just one out of several
possible solutions. Oh, and by the way - domain
group policy changes are not an option.
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pull up dsa.msc and do a quick search for
the user account receiving the above profile
errors.
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open "properties" on the account and click
on the "Terminal services profile" tab.
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if there are any special ts profile
settings, you will see them indicated below
"profile path.
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in this case, we found something which
explains the errors we are receiving
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The profile path is set to the d:\ drive
on the server under the profiles
directory and the users a%
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Now that we have determined a destination
profile path is in the mix lets see if we
have access to d:\profiles\%username%
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after attempting to open the profile
directory (d:\profiles), we get an error
indicating "the shared resource was not
created at this time"
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looks like we need to use our
administrative powers on this server and
correct the issue, by first taking
ownership of the profiles directory, and
then by sharing and giving users full
rights to d:\profiles\%username%
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To take ownership do the following, note
administrative access on the server is
needed:
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open explorer and navigate to the d:\
drive.
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right click on the "profiles" directory
and select "properties"
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click on the "security" tab and then
click on the "advanced" button at the
bottom right
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at the advanced security settings
prompt, click on the owner tab
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under "change owner to" click on the
admin account name to highlight
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place a check to the right of "replace
owner on subcontainers and objects"
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select "apply" to initiate the ownership
change on the profiles directory.
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at the security prompt asking if you are
sure, click on yes.
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in this event, the change is quick as
there is not much info in this
directory.
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click on "ok"
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click on "ok" to exit
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now we need to add the appropriate access
for all users for d:\profiles\
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within explorer navigate to the d:\
drive (d:\profiles)
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right click on the "profiles" directory
and select properties
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click on the "sharing tab" and then
click on "share this folder"
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now click on the "permissions" button
select "everyone" and grant full rights
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almost done, click on "apply"
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click on "ok"
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click on "ok" to exit
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now you are finished. log off the server and
log back on to test. if the above errors are
gone than you should be good to go.
