Microsoft KB Archive/285138

= Per-Session  Folders Are Not Available to GPO Logon Scripts While the Logon Scripts Are Running Synchronously =

Article ID: 285138

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q285138



SYMPTOMS
By default, a computer that is running Terminal Services creates a separate temporary folder for each new session on the server. If a user has multiple Terminal Services sessions running, each session has a separate temporary folder based on the session identification.

When a Group Policy object (GPO) is set to run logon scripts synchronously,  and   are not per-session while the logon scripts are running; however,   and   are per-session after logon.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Winlogon.exe calls Msgina.dll to start Userinit.exe when the Run logon scripts synchronously setting is set to Off. The Msgina.dll dynamic-link library changes some environment variables and sets the  and   folders to be per-session. However, if the Run logon scripts synchronously setting is set to On, Winlogon.exe starts Userinit.exe because Winlogon.exe needs to create a job object and wait for it. When this occurs,  and   are not per-session.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version         Size       File name --  6/14/2001  12:15p   5.0.3315.3727   2,338,064  Shell32.dll 5/29/2001 09:41a   5.0.2195.3649     178,960  Winlogon.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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