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. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ