Not All Settings Roam

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A user is configured to use a roaming user profile. The user logs on from different computers and notices that most settings and configurations follow him or her, but some application settings, such as the personal dictionary for Microsoft® Office 95, do not roam.

Possible Causes:

  • Applications are not storing user settings and configuration information to the roaming user profile.

  • Applications are storing user settings and configuration to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in the registry instead of correctly storing this information to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

Diagnostic Tests:

Identify the user settings and configurations that are not roaming with the user from computer to computer.

Identify where this information is stored — in the registry, in a folder, in the roaming user profile, or in any other location.

If the application is indeed storing user settings and configuration information to places other than the roaming user profile or HKEY_CURRENT_USER, contact your application vendor to correct this.