Post #85,451
3/4/03 10:00:24 AM
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Yes, he can...
If he logs onto another similar machine, he has the same problem. I thought that the DHCP server assigned the machine an address, not a user. The other machine that he logs into will have the same IP address that it had when the previous user logged in (at least I think so. Gotta check.)
If he logs into his machine domain, as opposed to the corporate domain, everything is just ducky. He can still hook to networked drives with expected performance.
The only difference I can see is that the corporate domain has Active Directory and whatever else corporate IT does to bugger the lives of simple engineers... My ignorance of Active Directory is rather complete, so I really have no clue as to what this could be doing to his machine.
It appears to me that the problem lies in the profile that IT hung on him. We have ruled out hardware differences, driver differences, bios settings, network cables, and local hubs. If this is an IT problem, he is in deep used food. First, our IT department could screw up a sunny day and it is dangerous to get them involved. Second, they are on the other side of the country, so it is not exactly hands on. Oh well...
Thanks,
Hugh
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Post #85,454
3/4/03 10:10:10 AM
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his profile sounds cacked(WAG)
if his profile has him attaching a network device or share that doesnt exist everytime you use a network resource refresh like explorer it wastes a lot of time trying to find something that isnt there? Maybe?
thanx,
bill
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Post #85,460
3/4/03 10:21:22 AM
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Hey BOx, stop? Talking like a girl? (And Norm?) Please?
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Post #85,527
3/4/03 1:58:28 PM
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Now how did I get into this conversation? (new thread)
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Post #85,466
3/4/03 10:26:35 AM
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Research direction...
Try looking at Distributed File Sharing, Distributed Link Tracking, Distributed Distribution Distributing...bah. Sorry. I just turn all those stupid services off by default.
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Post #85,484
3/4/03 11:59:09 AM
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Roaming profile?
If so, get it nuked and start over.
Otherwise he should quit, because he's bad juju around computers.
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Post #85,502
3/4/03 12:31:39 PM
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What is a roaming profile in a wired context?
I know what that is in wireless, but what is that for a wired system?
Is that something he could get at locally, or would IT have to do it?
Thanks,
Hugh
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Post #85,508
3/4/03 12:56:34 PM
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Profiles been around for a while.
Basically, they took off in the Windows line with NT server. The idea was to take your user specifics, preferences, user registry hive, that sort of thing, and dump them on the server so that you'd have access to your personal set of ugly window colors and ugly, unreadable fonts on titlebars and controls no matter which workstation you happened to be on. They are loaded at logon from the server since, what, Win98? Maybe earlier--can't remember back that far.
Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance -
Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation.
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Post #85,509
3/4/03 12:59:47 PM
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Stashed on a server
A roaming profile in this context is one stored on a server. Each time your user logs in to a PC he has never used before, a copy of the profile is installed on it. In reverse, all changes to the profile are replicated to the server copy so they later reflect on other PCs as soon as the user logs in.
Local profiles are just that: they only exist on one client PC and are not replicated to other PCs even if the same user is able to log on there (so you get the default nearly empty desktop)
A roaming profile is normally defined by IT as you need to be able to set rights on the server and to change the domain account.
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Post #85,513
3/4/03 1:06:17 PM
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Got it.
I'll check when I get a chance. I'm pretty sure that IT pushes a certain amount of garbage on us and screws with some permissions. It's worth checking.
Thanks,
Hugh
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Post #85,512
3/4/03 1:06:04 PM
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If you are really on a hub: sniff the packets
(and if you are allowed to...) hang a packet sniffer off it and see what goes across. If it is network related, this should give you a quick and definite answer. Ethereal is a wonderful toy
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Post #85,517
3/4/03 1:21:59 PM
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Sniffer is not an option
We are not allowed to use them.
Probably not worth getting fired over. I'll pass along the suggestions, and I imagine that he will file for help from IT.
Thanks,
Hugh
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