Hello,
In our environment we see some strange behavior on laptops. Users report that their user profile is becoming too large. We use the user Profile Management tool from Microsoft.(Limit profiles size - proquota.exe @ 100mb)
So “%userprofile%\appdata\local” is counted in the users profile.
After that userprofiles are inconsistant. Users log's on with a TEMP profile or cannot logon anymore.
This seems just a symptom of a underlying problem. We can solve it by giving the user a new userprofile. But we have seen this problem too frequently now.
How is it possible that de default variables %LOCALAPPDATA% en %APPDATA% suddenly are missing. The day before the user has no problem. It mostly happens on laptops after a VPN or WIFI connection. It looks like if the connection is lost before the local user
profile is synchronised to the server profile.
We also see Event 1530 frequently. Can this be a clue?
Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.
## user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1###
Is the missing of these variables the cause or effect of a corrupt user profile?
Should we think of leaving roaming profiles for laptops? And look to UE-V or another solution?
Giving the user a new user profile is a workarround but not a solution.
We are using:
We use Windows 7 x86, latest patches, Office 2010.
A Windows 2003 domain functional level
We have an OU in AD wich contains the users and computer in subfolders.
We use Loopback processing for Group policy so the user policy is linked to the client OU and not to the user OU.
We user folder redirection to the homeshare (DFS namespace)
User profiles are on a DFSnamespace but single server.
We user Offline files for the Homeschare.
Regards,
Peter