Windows Server 2012 and Windows 10

[planecar457]

So I've been trying to troubleshoot an issue at my job for about a week now.

So I was tasked with upgrading all the computers from Windows 7 to 10. That's easy enough. But the issue is that everyone uses Windows server 2012 and has their icons in the server synced to their desktop. In order to upgrade from windows 7 I have to remove the computers from the domain of the company, upgrade, then put it back on the domain. Baby stuff. But when I have the user log back in through the domain. Their icons are on the server but not the desktop. 

 

Any suggestions on fixes are highly appreciated.

[val0r0x]

Are you talking about roaming profiles? If so, they'll need to be recreated. Windows 10 uses .V5, Windows 7 uses .V2 (from memory). Although if configured correctly, Windows 10 should automatically create, on your server, a .V5 for the user. Just check that once you've logged in as the user, that their profile is roaming. If it is, log out, so the .V5 is written to the server and then copy their files across from their .V2 to the .V5.

 

Hope this makes sense.

[PalladianPD]

I am not as familiar as the previous poster but I would check out the admin templates according to http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/admin-templates-updated-windows-10-november-update

[planecar457]

8 hours ago, val0r0x said:

Are you talking about roaming profiles? If so, they'll need to be recreated. Windows 10 uses .V5, Windows 7 uses .V2 (from memory). Although if configured correctly, Windows 10 should automatically create, on your server, a .V5 for the user. Just check that once you've logged in as the user, that their profile is roaming. If it is, log out, so the .V5 is written to the server and then copy their files across from their .V2 to the .V5.

 

Hope this makes sense.

Are you talking about a full backup or is it a specific folder?

[val0r0x]

Without knowing if you're talking about roaming profiles, I can't be sure if we're even talking about the same thing. But assuming it's roaming profiles...

 

Do you have access to the file server where profiles are stored? If so, log in as an end-user and confirm their profile is roaming. If it is, log out. Jump on the server where profiles are stored and find that users' profile. There should be two. One will have .V2 appended to the end (Windows 7) and the other will have .V5, which is the new Windows 10 profile. Open both, one in each window, and copy across files from the relevant folders e.g. Desktop in .V2 to Desktop in .V5. Once you've done this, log back in as the user and all their stuff should be there.

Alternatively, log in as the user, navigate to their .V2 profile on the server and copy stuff down to their desktop/documents etc. Then log out and it'll all be written back to the .V5 profile directory on the server.

 

If you could give me more info on what you're working with/trying to achieve, I may be able to help further.

[planecar457]

Yes I'm pretty sure that I'm dealing with roaming profiles, and I do have access to the server where their files are stored. But even my superiors are trying to find a solution and something that we found out today actually is that our group policy that redirects the user profiles to the server folder wasn't being applied. Causing their icons to be lost. Sorry for not elaborating earlier, but another problem is that out of the three systems that I've manged to get upgrade so far, they've all had different solutions to the problem. I was considering seeing how a gpupdate might work. 

[val0r0x]

Folder redirection and roaming profiles are two different things. But it sounds like you're getting it sorted. If redirection is configured by a GPO, then yes, run a gpupdate /force (might have to reboot a couple of times) once you've logged them in. A gpupdate /h report.html will give you a good idea of what's been applied and what policies might be causing you grief.

[planecar457]

So I tried forcing a new policy but something is definitely not right on the server side. I don't know what it is yet, but the default domain policy keeps winning no matter what I do.

 

[val0r0x]

When you re-add the Windows 10 PC to the domain, do you put it in the correct OU/Group? If so, have you checked that the GPO is applying to that OU?