Office XP with manditory profiles

[Mark Warbeck]

Hi,

I've got a lab of 6 Windows XP machines with Office XP. The machines are
in a Windows 2003 AD Domain. The users all use a roaming mandatory
profile (directory on the server ends in .man and ntuser.dat is renamed
to ntuser.man). I can't get Office to retain settings such as macro
security, plus, every time a user opens an application it prompts for
the user name and initials. How can I get it to remember the settings
and the generic user name I supply. I tried making the profile not be
mandatory, making the changes, then returning it to being mandatory but
that didn't work.

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Mark, it sounds like your profiles are not unloading properly. Look at your
client machines event logs and see if there are any userenv events as
described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115
Also, in that article is a utility called uphclean which should help you
resolve this issue.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.

 

[Mark Warbeck]

No Joy. I installed the tool. Then I granted the user I log on as to
create the profile administrative rights. Set the profile so it's not
mandatory. I logged on, ran the Office applications, entered the user
name and made setting changes. Then I logged off, rescinded the admin
rights, renamed the profile directory and dat file so it's mandatory
again. Logged on and when trying to start Word I get the installer
progress bar then Word opens and asks for the user name and initials. So
frustrating! I can't figure out what I'm missing here.