"Access Denied" Error Message When Updating Roaming User Profile

Symptom: When a user with a roaming user profile logs off, the following error message may be displayed:

Windows cannot update your roaming profile. Contact your network administrator.
DETAIL - Access is denied

The same user may have no problem when logging off a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 client using the same roaming profile. With Windows 2000 clients, the behavior is the same whether the roaming profile server is a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 server.

Cause: Windows 2000 clients require a higher level of permissions than Windows NT 4.0 clients for updating roaming profiles on the server.

Resolutions: 1. The latest service pack for Windows 2000.

2. To work around this issue, verify that the user has sufficient permissions. At the share level, Full Control permissions are required. This is different from Windows NT 4.0, in which the Change share-level permission is sufficient. At the NTFS level, the following permissions are required:

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