A quick check in Event Viewer Application logs revealed following errors:
Source: Userenv
Even ID: 1509
Type: Error
Description:
Windows cannot copy file \\server2\tms\profile_path\user\Favorites\File.url. Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator.
DETAIL - Access is denied.
Source: Userenv
Even ID: 1500
Type: Error
Description:
Windows cannot log you on because your profile cannot be loaded. Check that you are connected to the network, or that your network is functioning correctly. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator.
DETAIL - Access is denied.
cidaemon.exe is Windows Indexing Service component. It is supposed to release all its file locks as soon as other process tries to access the file, but for reasons better known to Microsoft is often not doing this. There is not much use of Indexing Service on Windows 2003 (especially Terminal Server) so we disabled it completely which immediately fixed the problem.
There are two ways to disable Indexing Service:
- Windows Explorer > Search > Change preferences > Without Indexing Service > No, do not enable Indexing Service > OK
- Start > Run > services.msc
Stop Indexing Service and set Startup type to Disabled