2000 Terminal Server Profile Problem

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Andrew

Howdy everyone,
I have a Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services.
When one user logs into it, it flashes those two screens
saying "Windows cannot create profile directory
\\SERVER\tsprofile$\USERNAME.pds. You will be logged on
with a local profile only. Changes to the profile will not
be propagated to the server. Contact your network
administrator. "
followed 3 seconds later by: "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."

They are both error number 1000, and both Usernav errors.

The closest article I could find on Microsofts site is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;293660 ;
But this is not the case, this person is not a member of
any Guest Groups.
I have another dozen people working like a charm, but it
has been a while since I've had to add a user and have
them retain local settings such as Desktop, Outlook
settings and all that good stuff.

I think there is a really simple fix to this, but I guess
I was too 'good' to write it down. That'll teach me.

Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!
-Andrew
 
Ugh, turns out I'm an idiot.
There's a "Terminal Services Profile" tab in active
directory, and I guess I was too blind to see it
yesterday, but found it easily enough today.

Thanks a lot
-Andrew
 
If you're using TSProfiles, create the profile folder before trying to
log onto the TS as the user, and give that user FC over this folder.
When the user logs into the TS, the users' account tries to write the
profile information into the users' own tsprofile directory that you
specified in the user account properties.
 
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