logon synchronization

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Rob R.

In my company here, we have several users who have
laptops, and the rest are desktop users. All of the
users have roaming profiles, which they can access from
any pc on the network. Some of the laptop users recieve
the error that the server cannot find their roaming
profile,l and that the system is loading the locally
stored version the detail at the bottom is that
the "network path was not found". The problem with this
is that their files are not being backed up onto the DC.
I have tried changing cables, changing nics, and not to
mention a 10 page list of different things that I have
tried. The most recient was clearing up more space on
the profiles drive because 1 users profile was not being
backed up because it was too large.

If you could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it;


Rob R.
 
Rob,

Can you look on the local system ( both laptop and pc ) in the Event Viewer
and let us know what you find in there. You can get there by right-clicking
My Computer and selecting Manage. I want to say that you will be looking
for either 1000 and / or 1001 entries.

Also, is this something that just started or has this been going on for
awhile. If one of the laptop users logs on to a PC does the same thing
happen? If one of the users who normally logs on to a PC tries to log on to
a laptop does the problem happen ( sure that you have tried this already ).

Do the laptops have the correct IP Configuration settings ( DNS )?

HTH,

Cary
 
Cary;

I looked in event viewer, and did not see anything that
was startling; however I also made individual screen
shots of all three categories.

This problem has been going on for quite a while now. I
know that it was happening before I started here (in
early January). I had 2 separate laptop users log into
pc's and user A. had outdated files listed when he logged
on. Specifically the files were from March 3rd. User B,
when she logged on, everything worked great for her. She
did not have any errors or balloon errors, and all o0f
her files were up to date.

When I had a desktop user log onto a laptop in question,
they did not have any errors.

I checked all of the IP settings. We are assigned via
DHCP and those settings are correct with the network. A
few weeks ago I manually assigned the DNS settings to the
laptop users; however they are still receiving the
error. I double checked the manually assigned DNS
settings and they are correct.

I was wondering if these errors could possibly be coming
from the fact that the laptop users sometimes work from
home offline.

If you would like the screen shots, please e-mail them to
me at (e-mail address removed) (remove the "0"'s) thank you;


Rob R.
 
Rob,

Did not mean to forget about you.

I would not think that a laptop user would have any problems by taking their
computer home. I assume that they log on locally when they are at home yet
log onto the domain when there are at the office?

I would let DHCP hand out all of the information to the laptops. There is
nothing of which I am aware that makes a laptop different from a computer as
far as receiving a DHCP lease. My question to you would be - when you
manually entered the DNS information did you enter in the IP Address of your
internal DNS Server or did you enter in some outside information ( such as
the ISP's DNS information )? Assuming that the laptops are WIN2000 or WINXP
this could be a contributing factor, if not the downright cause of the
problem.

HTH,

Cary
 
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