Microsoft KB Archive/248627

= Roaming Profiles May Not Be Deleted from Terminal Server with Novell Client Version 4.6 =

Article ID: 248627

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 5

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This article was previously published under Q248627



SYMPTOMS
When a user logs off a Terminal Server that has the "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles" policy enabled, the local profile folder may not be deleted. When this occurs, an additional folder may be created on the Terminal Server, causing the amount of disk space used by the roaming profiles to increase.

Note that this behavior is also recorded in the Userenv.log file.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if users are using the Novell client for NetWare version 4.6 with Novell NetWare Client Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 to connect to a Terminal Server that has the "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles" policy enabled. The Novell client writes data to the Winnt\Profiles\ folder after the local cache profile is deleted.



RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, assign the following permissions to the Winnt\Profiles folder:
 * Administrators: Full Control
 * System: Full Control
 * Creator Owner: Full Control
 * Users: Read



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
The issue described in this article may cause multiple folders to be created in the Winnt\Profiles folder for a user. The extra folders are typically named with the user name followed by a three-digit number. For example:
 * Winnt\Profiles\ \Desktop
 * Winnt\Profiles\ .000\Desktop
 * Winnt\Profiles\ .001\Desktop

For additional information about this behavior, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

154120 Debugging User Profiles and System Policies in Windows NT 4.0

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Additional query words: deleteroamingcache client32

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbenv kbprb KB248627

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