Thanks for the reply.
Running the share validation tool gives me the following (I have removed the path)
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* Results Summary *
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Counts:
Empty DACL: 0
Null DACL: 0
Bad Permissions: 0
Access Denied Aces: 0
Path:
NTFS Results:
NTFS Permissions Meet Minimum Requirements
Share Results:
Domain Users has Full Control
Share Permissions Meet Minimum Requirements
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* End of Report *
The GPO settings are configured in the most basic way possible.
We are running Windows 7 ent and the file server is windows 2012. One thing to note is that the windows 7 optimization scripts were initially run and disabled the needed services. The following have been re-enabled and the persona service starts with no problems.
Microsoft software shadow copy process
VMware persona management
Volume shadow copy