Hi All,
I'm sure most of you would agree with me, but Roaming Profiles are the absolute worst!
I cannot even begin to tell you how many issues I have had with this before and everytime I deal with it, it only becomes more painful.
One specific issue I experienced many times is the Temporary profile issue. This occurs when logging on to Windows and receiving the following message:
Windows XP:
"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."
OR
Windows 7:
"You have been logged on with a temporary profile. You cannot access your files and files created in this profile will be deleted when you log off. To fix this, log off and try logging in later. Please see the event log for details or contact your system administrator."
This can be a very annoying problem especially if recreating the profile does not solve the problem.
To rectify this, set the local group policy on the local computer which is logging you in with a temp profile.
To do so, start up "Run" on the PC and type gpedit.msc
Once this is open, navigate to the following:
Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> User Profiles
Enable the Do not log users on with temporary profiles option.
Also configure the Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders option.
Close the Group policy editor and open up command prompt.
Type in:
gpupdate /force
Once this has completed, proceed to restart the computer and log in again. The problem should now be rectified.
Please note that throughout this article I assume there is enough space on the client computer as well as the neccesary permissions set on the roaming profile folder.
I would like to thank you for reading and hope this has been informative for you.
Best Regards,
Sakkie
Dare to Dream...
