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My Documents Redirection and Group Policy Configuration

Scenario:
Server has dir F:\UserData, and this dir is shared as UserData. The perms on the share are
Everyone to Full Control

The dir has ACL of
Administrators - Full Control (Apply onto this folder, subfolders and files)
CREATOR OWNER - Full Control (Apply onto subfolders and files)
SYSTEM - Full Control (Apply onto this folder, subfolders and files)
Users - Special – List folder/read data, Create Folders/Append Data (Apply onto This Folder Only)




4. Configure the following options in the GPO:
a. Computer Config > Administrative Templates > System > Logon
--- Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon: ENABLED
This is required to disable the fast/optimized logon under Windows XP to force the GPO to always be applied (OPTIONAL).
a2. Computer Config > Administrative Templates > Network > Offline Files
-- Allow or Disallow use of Offline Files feature: DISABLED (set to Not Configured if you want to have XP still be able to do synchronization)
-- Synchronize all offline files when logging on: DISABLED
-- Synchronize all offline files when logging off: DISABLED
-- Synchronize offline files before suspend: DISABLED
b. User Config > Windows Settings > Folder Redirection > My Documents
--- Basic – Redirect everyone's folder to the same location
Create a folder for each user under the root; \\server\userdata
The rest of the settings are left at defaults.
c. User Config > Adminstrative Templates > Network > Offline Files
-- Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline: ENABLED