Question : Windows 2000 Roaming profile troubleshooting.

I've been trying to get my roaming profile working for days now. I've created it using the "Copy to" method. The following are the steps I've taken to create it:

+I create a folder called 'Profile' on the root directory on my Win 2k server and shared it.

+then, log on to a workstation as administrator. change the wallpaper, move the icons around then log off and log on again (to save the settings).

+Right click on "My Computer", 'Properties', then "User Profiles" tab.

+Select the administrator profile then click "Copy to".

+Under "Copy profile to" on the "Copy to" box, I clicked Browse and select the folder I created in the beinging (Profile). The field box then contains this:
           C:\Profiles\Username
(Username - my username. added in manually, not by the computer)

+Then under "Permitted to use" i clicked 'Change' and select my user name.

+Now thats finished. Then I have to go into Active Directory Users and Computers and type in the Profile location under the Profile tab on my user name properties.
         \\servername\sharename\username

When I log on to a worksattion, the profile loads perfectly, but then when I log off, a message comes up and says "Windows cannot update your roaming profile" - "DETAIL - Not enough space on harddisk". I got 31GB left on the server and around the same number on each of my workstation. What have I missed? I've done this before on a different network and it worked first time. Now it has been days.

Answer : Windows 2000 Roaming profile troubleshooting.

Sounds like NTFS permission on the profiles/username directory for the user and/or a quota on that drive for that user is too low.


Steve