Flaky in what way? Is the mandatory profile flaky or is the OS flaky? Check the below and snip from a microsoft "premier offering" Q article 914061 and see if it applies.. <snip> SYMPTOMS After you connect to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer that has Terminal Server enabled, many instances of the following Error events are logged in the System log. *Error event 1* Event Type: Error Event Source: SideBySide Event ID: 59 Description: Generate Activation Context failed for c:\windows\system32\winlogon.exe. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. *Error event 2* Event Type: Error Event Source: SideBySide Event Category: None Event ID: 32 Description: Dependent Assembly Microsoft.Windows.SystemCompatible could not be found and Last Error was The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. [image: Back to the top]<https://premier.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;914061#top> Back to the top<https://premier.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;914061#top> CAUSE This problem occurs when you have version 5.2.3790.2426 or a more recent version of the Winlogon.exe program installed. For example, this problem occurs if you have applied the hotfix that is described in either of the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: 897040<https://premier.microsoft.com/kb/897040/>( https://premier.microsoft.com/kb/897040/) A program that uses a remote access PPP connection to a Windows Server 2003-based computer is disconnected when the user logs off *908011* <https://premier.microsoft.com/kb/908011/>* ( https://premier.microsoft.com/kb/908011/) You cannot use a Group Policy setting to set the same mandatory profile for all the Terminal Services users in Windows Server 2003 * </snip> We did have issues (I can't remember what exactly, I didn't work the problem). We have appiled both fixes and do not have any problems now. Hope that helps, Jennifer Henske Mercy Health System On 12/13/06, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is a hotfix from microsoft that will allow you to do this, but from personal experience this hotfix is flaky. And as soon as the hotfix was removed, the system was stable again. Joe