stop profile from sync'ing

I have 2 servers co-located through a VPN over the Internet that are also
domain member servers. I want to be able to log into these machines with my
domain user account, but my profile is a few hundred megabytes. It is
roaming, so this login forces the synchronization which I have to cancel
because it can take hours to sync. I continue to use the local
administrator user to avoid this.

I don't want to avoid it anymore and would like to find a way to login with
my domain user account but not have it look for any sync the server copy of
my roaming profile...but only on those two machines.

Any advice?

_____
DC G

Use folder redirection with your roaming profiles.
If you redirect My Documents and Application Data to a static network
location, your roaming profiles can simply point to those other locations
rather than copy the information to the local machine each time.

Chris.


"DC Gringo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have 2 servers co-located through a VPN over the Internet that are also
>domain member servers. I want to be able to log into these machines with
>my domain user account, but my profile is a few hundred megabytes. It is
>roaming, so this login forces the synchronization which I have to cancel
>because it can take hours to sync. I continue to use the local
>administrator user to avoid this.
>
> I don't want to avoid it anymore and would like to find a way to login
> with my domain user account but not have it look for any sync the server
> copy of my roaming profile...but only on those two machines.
>
> Any advice?
>
> _____
> DC G
>

"DC Gringo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have 2 servers co-located through a VPN over the Internet that are also
>domain member servers. I want to be able to log into these machines with
>my domain user account, but my profile is a few hundred megabytes. It is
>roaming, so this login forces the synchronization which I have to cancel
>because it can take hours to sync. I continue to use the local
>administrator user to avoid this.
>
> I don't want to avoid it anymore and would like to find a way to login
> with my domain user account but not have it look for any sync the server
> copy of my roaming profile...but only on those two machines.

Once you've logged in once, you can go to the profile properties in Control
Panel | system on each, and set the option as Local, not Roaming.
>
> Any advice?
>
> _____
> DC G
>

OT, but I suggest you shrink your profile a LOT in general. I don't like
profiles larger than, say, 20 or 30 MB even on a fast Ethernet LAN
connection. Don't store items on the desktop, and use folder redirection to
point My Documents (and whatever you wish) at your home directory.