In a domain environment, you configure the domain users to use mandatory user profiles. You set the profile path by using the %LogonServer% environment variable. However, when a user tries to log on to the domain from a Windows Vista-based or Windows Server 2008-based client computer, the user is logged on by using a temporary profile. Additionally, if the Do not log users in with a temporary profile Group Policy setting is applied in the domain, the user cannot log on to the domain.

Note: This issue does not occur if the user logs on to the domain from a Windows XP-based or Windows Server 2003-based client computer.

When you specify a long environment variable in Windows Vista, the environment variable is truncated to 1024 characters the next time that you log on.