You cannot use Group Policy settings to configure Terminal Services roaming user profiles on a Windows 2000-based Terminal server

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SYMPTOMS

On a Microsoft Windows 2000-based Terminal server, you cannot use Group Policy settings to configure Terminal Services roaming user profiles and home directories.

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Prerequisites

To install this hotfix, you must have Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP 3) installed on your computer.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   17-Jun-2004  23:05  5.0.2195.6951      46,352  Basesrv.dll      
   21-Sep-2003  00:45  5.0.2195.6824     236,304  Cmd.exe          
   17-Jun-2004  23:05  5.0.2195.6945     231,184  Gdi32.dll        
   17-Jun-2004  23:05  5.0.2195.6946     712,464  Kernel32.dll     
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6898      37,136  Mf3216.dll       
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6824      54,544  Mpr.dll          
   22-Mar-2005  12:34  5.0.2195.7029     337,168  Msgina.dll       
   24-Mar-2004  02:17  5.0.2195.6892      90,264  Rdpwd.sys
   07-Feb-2005  05:35  5.0.2195.7026   6,301,696  Sp3res.dll       
   09-Nov-2004  06:24                    770,710  System.adm
   29-Dec-2004  09:14  5.0.2195.7017     380,688  User32.dll       
   05-Aug-2003  22:14  5.0.2195.6794     385,808  Userenv.dll      
   24-Dec-2004  17:23  5.0.2195.7013   1,633,616  Win32k.sys
   15-Feb-2005  07:06  5.0.2195.7031     184,592  Winlogon.exe     
   17-Jun-2004  23:05  5.0.2195.6946     244,496  Winsrv.dll       
   17-Jun-2004  23:05  5.0.2195.6946     712,464  Kernel32.dll     
   24-Dec-2004  17:23  5.0.2195.7013   1,633,616  Win32k.sys
   17-Jun-2004  23:05  5.0.2195.6946     244,496  Winsrv.dll       
   25-Feb-2005  17:43  6.1.22.4          371,936  Updspapi.dll

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the Set path for TS Roaming Profiles policy setting lets you configure Terminal Services roaming user profiles. The TS User Home Directory policy setting lets you configure the Terminal Services home directories. For additional information about how to use Group Policy to manage Terminal Services users in Windows Server 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/AE1FBB95-EB16-4EA6-BA8C-6CA7D60B5F181033.mspx (http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/AE1FBB95-EB16-4EA6-BA8C-6CA7D60B5F181033.mspx)

For additional information about the new file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816915/ ) New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For additional information about the terminology that is used in this article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/ ) Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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