Force Roaming profiles from server

[RadioX]

I want my user to have there profiles stored on the server only. I dont not wish to have them copied down to the local machine. Is there a way to do this without terminal services. I am running win2kadv server and win2k pro

Thanks
Ron

 

[brontosaurus]

In group policy under the Computer Configuration section, look for the policy "Delete cached copies of Roaming profiles" from the Administrative Templates\System\Logon sub-folder

 

[JMcAllister]

You can't prevent the roaming profile from being downloaded to the local machine. What you can do is set the machine so it will delete the roaming profile after the user logs off.

To do this, for each workstation (must be NT or W2K) that you do not want the profiles stored on, create a DWORD value named DeleteRoamingCache with a value data of 1 under the registry key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Keep in mind that if your users have large profiles, this will noticeably affect their logon times, as their entire profile will have to be copied across the network each time they logon.