Admin access to user files?

[themanfromict]

Currently playing around with AD trying to work out how want to setup our user accounts.

 

W have created a couple of new users, which appear to login fine. But when logged into the server as Administrator we can't see or access their files.

 

Is this normal? Is there a way of allowing Administrator to access all user profile folders?

 

Thanks

 

Neil

[mgs1990]

If your using windows vista or above there is a setting Group policy to do exactly this.

 

it's located in

 

computer\configuration\administrative Templates\system\User Profiles

 

the policy is called

 

Add the Administrators security group to roaming user profiles

[themanfromict]

Currently using WinXP and Server 2008 R2.

 

Am I editing Group Policy on the server (tried, didn't work) or on each computer?

[mgs1990]

On the server side. when this policy is applied and linked to an OU which contains your test machine, run a GPupdate /force on that machine and reboot if necessary and it should add the administrators group to any newly created profiles.