Windows xp file redirection
Plus, roaming profiles are just too slow for storing lots of user data anyway. Unfortunately, Windows XP does not support redirection of the Favourites directory; this support was added in Windows Vista. One workaround I have seen is the built-in Vista redirection configured to redirect user favourites folders on newer systems to the legacy XP roaming profile share.
I developed the following ADMX files to supplement the older ADM solutions which are available through a search on a popular web search engine. Set one up , otherwise you will need to store them in the local store on each DC. This does not move any existing Favourites out of the profile and into the redirected location. However; this is fairly easy to script in a logon script or one-time operation.
For new users, the Favourites directory will be created automatically, assuming the home drive exists, the user has permissions, quota is not fully used and so on. Me too! Matt, Great advice. If the source is not reachable for fdeploy. If you have replicated the content to the new area using Robocopy or similar utilities and intend to do so as a procedure, I recommend that you update your GPO and uncheck the "Move the contents of My Documents to the new location" option in the GPO which is enabled by default on a new GPO.
Once the GPO change has replicated to all sites, have the client logout and log back in and verify the results. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question.
Quick access. Disabling file system redirection affects all file operations performed by the calling thread, so it should be disabled only when necessary for a single CreateFile call and re-enabled again immediately after the function returns. Disabling file system redirection for longer periods can prevent bit applications from loading system DLLs, causing the applications to fail. WOW64 recognizes Sysnative as a special alias used to indicate that the file system should not redirect the access.
This mechanism is flexible and easy to use, therefore, it is the recommended mechanism to bypass file system redirection. Note that bit applications cannot use the Sysnative alias as it is a virtual directory not a real one.
Skip to main content. Even if you are only working with local user profiles, I recommend reading on. He has more than 35 years of experience in IT management and system administration. The worst change was from Windows NT 4.
User using NT and Win machines always had problems logging on to a Windows domain. This kept our help desk busy for months.
In theory, Windows and Windows XP have the same profile structure. Unfortunately, this is only in theory. It seems that some applications just don't know about this theory.
When one of our sysops told me some weeks ago that XP and Vista user profiles are incompatible , I assumed that it is just due to this well known chaos, we always have with Windows upgrades. But, then, I have read that Vista can't even load roaming user profile created by XP. I was just stuck dumb. How can this work? What about our users who logon on three or four different machines? And our students who logon on every computer on the campus? Must we upgrade all our Windows PCs on one day?
My sys admin, then, handed me this white paper Word file which contains our salvation. It is called folder redirection. Basically, you redirect some crucial folders from the user profile to a share on a fileserver. We use this technique for our student machines because they use different computers daily. The advantage is that logon is faster when a student uses a computer for the first time since the data is accessible immediately.
The disadvantage is that whenever the file server is unavailable, users can't access their data. You can work with offline files to solve this problem, but I, often, have trouble with this.
If you logon for the first time to a Windows domain on a Vista machine, a new roaming user profile will be created on the server. It has the extension V2 to distinguish it from the XP user profile. The documents folder, application data, etc. If you logon again on an XP machine, Windows will load the old user profile and access the same redirected folders on the fileserver. Well, that's the theory.
It is obvious that many things can go wrong here. The folder structure of user profiles in Vista and XP are quite different. Although Vista uses mechanisms to help legacy applications to get on with the new structure junctions for example , I am sure that this will cause many problems. I highly recommend studying the afore mentioned white paper in detail even if you are not working with roaming user profiles.
Many compatibility issues between XP and Vista will probably be caused by this change. The document lists all important modifications. Subscribe to 4sysops newsletter! Make a list of those users using multiple computers and upgrade them to Vista, first. I hope you belong to those lucky sys admins with this option. Unfortunately, we're not that fortunate.
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