Folks we have some users having trouble during the startup, their roaming profile cannot be located in domain, profile is located in other server, and it was working fine for until now, issue was happening recently for some users, there is no changes in the domain or the network. Windows xp cliets error: Cannot find roaming profile, windows will try to create temporary profile for this user and profilewill not be synchronized to server ther is a network issue please contact your admin. on AD user properties> Profilepath > \\servername\profile$\abcd(this is username) . please advise me where to fix, ThanksWith best regards siddu sajjan : Disclaimer: This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Proceed like that: 1- Make sure that DNS records for the server are updated and that client computers are pointing to the correct DNS server 2- Make sure that you have no connectivity problems and there is no firewall or router filter that is blocking the traffic between the client computers and the server 3- Please try to create a new user and use this document to configure a roaming profile for it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316353 If you are able to create a roaming profile for this user and it is able to open a session using a such profile then you should have a problem in your configuration and the article I gave will help you to correct it (Try to you to use %username% instead of abcd). This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

the first thing i would suggest is to go to a user's workstation who is having the problem and try to access the profile server and share. if you cannot access the server then use nslookup to rule out a resolution problem. if the server resolves but you cannot access it look for a network problem or recent network change. are all of the affected users on the same subnet, switch, etc? i know you said nothing has been changed, but unless you are the only person with admin rights for the entire network something could have been changed.

Hi, Could the user access the share folder manually? \\servername\profile$\abcd Please also check the shared folder permissions, Make sure the user has proper right to create folder and file. It’s suggested to configure NTFS permission of the shared folder as below: Administrators: Full Control System: Full Control Creator Owner: Full Control Everyone: Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read For detailed instruction, please refer to: Automatic creation of user folders for home, roaming profile and redirected folders. http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/06/30/automatic-creation-of-user-folders-for-home-roaming-profile-and-redirected-folders.aspx Thanks.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.