I am having exactly the same problem as George...has anyone noted this as a
bug?
I have Windows Server 2003 with a group policy object containing the option:
"Computer Configuration\Adminsitartive Templates\System\User Profiles\Delete
cached copies of roaming profiles" set as Enabled
The client machine, being Vista Enterprise is adopting the policy
successfully, as confirmed by gpresult and the respective registry key
DeleteRomingProfiles is modified.
Upon login, the default mandatory user profile (containing the ntuser.man)
is dragged down from our DC successfully but upon logout the user profile is
not deleted, therefore leaving a great deal of multiple cached profiles. I
have also attempted using supermandatory user profiles, yet to no avail.
I suspect that there could be a bug in Vista Enterprose by which it is
ignoring the DeleteRoamingProfile key or there is a dependency on an unknown
key elsewhere.
Thanks,
Rob Johnson
This is the extract of my gpresult /scope computer /z command demonstrating
the application of the group policy:
Administrative Templates
------------------------
GPO: Vista Computers Group Policy
KeyName:
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\DeleteRo
amingCache
Value: 1, 0, 0, 0
State: Enabled
GPO: Vista Computers Group Policy
KeyName:
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\ReadOnly
Profile
Value: 1, 0, 0, 0
State: Enabled
GPO: Vista Computers Group Policy
KeyName:
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System\DefaultLogonDomain
Value: 80, 0, 83, 0, 86, 0, 0, 0
State: Enabled
GPO: Vista Computers Group Policy
KeyName:
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\CleanupP
rofiles
Value: 1, 0, 0, 0
State: Enabled
GPO: Vista Computers Group Policy
KeyName:
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer\Run\1
Value: 99, 0, 58, 0, 92, 0, 119, 0, 105, 0, 110, 0,
100, 0
, 111, 0, 119, 0, 115, 0, 92, 0, 115, 0, 121, 0, 115, 0, 116, 0, 101, 0,
109, 0,
51, 0, 50, 0, 92, 0, 99, 0, 109, 0, 100, 0, 46, 0, 101, 0, 120, 0, 101, 0,
0, 0
State: Enabled
GPO: Vista Computers Group Policy
KeyName:
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\DisableF
orceUnload
State: disabled
GPO: Vista Computers Group Policy
KeyName:
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\ProfileU
nloadTimeout
Value: 0, 0, 0, 0
State: Enabled
C:\Windows\system32>^A
Post by George SteigerHi
It seems, that the "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles" does not work
on Vista.
After activating the Policy, the Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\DeleteRoamingCache is set to 1. But the cached copy is not deleted after the user logs out.
Does someone use this policy setting on vista (Enterprise or Ultimate)?
Is this problem known and a fix is available?
How can i debug the profile load/unlooad process? The userenv.log does not
exists anymore and in the Grop Policy Operational log the profile/load can
not be traced.
Thanks for any help
George