But that is strange. Why has ms offered a white paper on how to setup mandatory profiles on vista if this folder is an issue ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:22:51 PM Subject: [windows2000] Re: Vista profile issues Ah yes that is another issue. You didn't say you were using mandatory profiles. The issue is that there is a folder called Locallovw in the profile on the machine that will NEVER roam and if you delete the local cached version of the profile you foul it up. That folder needs to stay on the workstation for things like java and host of other programs to work. You could try and copy your profile to workstation and copy the locallow folder into it and see if that user can log in. Mandatory profiles are a real problem on Vista especially if you need to run java apps. There was a time you could just dump the sun folder into the Application data folder in the profile and it would roam so you didn't have to download it again. No more it is now called appdata and resides within the locallow folder which as I said can and will never ever be able to roam. Jim On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Patrick <london31uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Jim, The GPC service is running ok, because I can log on as a nother user with a roaming profile and it works ok. Also I dont think the pc itself is affected, so not sure last known good restore point would make any difference. I have created 2 different profiles one for teachers which is roaming and works ok, and another mandatory for students which fails. Once I disable the mandatory profile by renaming the Mandatoryprofile.v2 folder to something else, the students can log on, but with a temporary profile. so I guess the problem lies with creating mandatory profiles. i have see a lot of issues on google, and no resolution so far. Thanks ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:39:48 PM Subject: [windows2000] Re: Vista profile issues Make sure the the GPC service is running. Try going back to your last known good restore point. JK On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Patrick <london31uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Guys, We are trying to setup mandatory user profile for our students on Vista. we currently have one working ok on XP, but not sure what we are doing wrong. we keep getting this error message. The Group Policy Client service failed the logon. Access is denied. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- Jim Kenzig Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services Citrix Technology Professional Blog: http://www.techblink.com ________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- Jim Kenzig Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services Citrix Technology Professional Blog: http://www.techblink.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ