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WEIRD!!! Terminal Server Users' Desktop Icons Missing?????

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Dave Lockerby

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Mar 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/15/00
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VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. Been administrating TSs for two years and have NEVER
encountered the following problem: users' icons are dissaperaing from their
desktops, even though the icons are present inside
profiles\%username%\desktop. A user policy is applied locally only to the
terminal server (not replicated across the domain). No changes to the user
policy has been made for 2+ months. Under the policy editor the "Hide All
Desktop Icons" is NOT selected. WEIRD. I can delete a user profile, logon
and create a new profile for the user and a new desktop that is visible for
a day or two. However, the desktop icons eventually dissapear. There are
also no mandatory profiles being used.

Any ideas, solutions, advice? Perhaps reapplying a certain service pack?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Thinking about blowing the entire server and COMPLETELY reinstalling the OS
and software...

Thanks in advance.

David Lockerby
Systems Engineer

Guido Manders

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Mar 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/17/00
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Ever thought about using UNIX? Icons are for lamers and newbies.

Dave Lockerby schreef:

hf :-)

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> Thanks in advance.
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> David Lockerby
> Systems Engineer

Sorry had to say this but losing icons is NOT a very serious problem (to me).


Braham Levy

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Mar 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/17/00
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Are the users deleting their desktop icons ? If you look at their
profile is the icon in the Desktop subdirectory ?
Are you using roaming profiles ?

braham

A Fritz

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Mar 24, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/24/00
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There is a publication from Microsoft -
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q253/8/61.ASP

The document is based on icons graying or disappearing when the icons point
to objects on a remote system - the icons could disappear or gray if network
communication is interrupted.

Another publication is
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q234/6/06.ASP - you might
review that also.

Don't know if this is the cause in your case.

A Fritz

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> VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. Been administrating TSs for two years and have
NEVER
> encountered the following problem: users' icons are dissaperaing from
their
> desktops, even though the icons are present inside
> profiles\%username%\desktop. A user policy is applied locally only to the
> terminal server (not replicated across the domain). No changes to the
user
> policy has been made for 2+ months. Under the policy editor the "Hide All
> Desktop Icons" is NOT selected. WEIRD. I can delete a user profile,
logon
> and create a new profile for the user and a new desktop that is visible
for
> a day or two. However, the desktop icons eventually dissapear. There are
> also no mandatory profiles being used.
>
> Any ideas, solutions, advice? Perhaps reapplying a certain service pack?
> Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thinking about blowing the entire server and COMPLETELY reinstalling the
OS
> and software...
>

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