WinXP / ZFD4 (roaming profile problem)

[Chris Tottle]

Has anybody had problems with Roaming profiles being left behind on
Windows XP workstations?

We are currently experimenting with deploying Windows XP (SP1) and
Zenworks 4. Windows XP is installed on the workstation using an
unattended install over the network. The Unattended install also sets
up the NetWare Client and McAfee anti-virus software.

To try and narrow down the problem area we have tried the following:

1) Install WindowsXP from CD, followed by WinXPSP1.

2) Install NW483sp1 with the following options:

NDPS
Workstation Manager
Zen Imaging
Remote Management
(no Zenworks application launcher)

3) Re-boot the w/s and logged into the w/s as my special administrator
account. I instantly got an "User Event Error" (something about
roaming profiles. I fixed this by the following reg hack:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"CompatibleRUPSecurity"=dword:00000001

I also at this stage enabled the Debugging.

4) Next point the w/s to our Zenworks 4 server and installed
ZFD4Agent.msi (patch1) and re-boot w/s (we don't have a middle tier)

Results: Profiles get left behind.

I have tried installing ZFD 4 on both a WindowsXP box with and without
SP1, and I get the same behavior.

Any help will be much appreciated
Chris

[Anwar Mahmood]

I also have this problem. In my case the XP client is in an Active
Directory domain, and only Internet Explorer files and folders get
left behind - Cookies, Local Settigns\Temporary Internet Files and
History, and various INDEX.DAT files. Searching around the Internet
reveals lots of utilities that will clear these files. I'm using the
latest client combination, ZfD4 Patch 1 on Novell Client 4.83 with SP1
and various patches, so there is nothing newer to try.

If anyone else has this problem, please post here so Novell can get a
handle on the scale of the problem.

Kind regards,

Anwar