New KB Articles on User Profiles (April to May 2009)

User Profiles
Published Jun 2, 2009

This is a collection of new knowledge base articles related to Windows user profiles. As you can see, the last two months were pretty quiet. So quiet, that you may have missed the release of the first update to Citrix User Profile Manager (UPM). The new version comes as an MSI file that either installs or upgrades to UPM 2.0.1. You can get it from here.

When you try to log on to a Windows XP SP3-based computer by using a roaming profile, the roaming profile cannot load.

Desktop icons are unexpectedly rearranged on a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer even though the Auto Arrange setting is turned off

Temporary User Profiles and the Citrix ICA Client

User Client Computer Profile is not Loaded Properly when Single Sign-on is Enabled

Citrix MS KB User Profile Manager User Profiles

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