how do i alter various profiles remotely?

[Jono]

part 1. <br>
Is there a way of amending users locally cached profiles (or disabling the use of them)<br>
One of the IT guys made a bit of a mistake - (it wasn't me honest) which has resulted in locally cached profiles giving users all start menu items. (instead of limited ones)<br>
the profiles stored on the servers (pdc+bdc) are now fine, however they still get more programs showing than they should.<br>
We have tried creating a batch file to delete the unwanted profiles, but this seems to go haywire - any ideas?<br>
part 2. <br>
I recently created a shortcut for somebodies desktop, which i placed in their profile. The icon shows on their desktop, the shortcut reads C:\Prisma\Prisma\Prisma.exe. which is the correct path on his local machine. However, when he runs it, it asks for a password to my machine!! I know it's because that's where i set up the icon - but why is it doing it ? I've solved the problem by setting it up on his pc, but this is a pain when they are remote users...any ideas from the genius amongst you??

 

[Zelandakh]

part 1. You can force users to use the roaming profile on the server not the cached one. Read up on mandatory profiles.<br>
part 2. Its a permissions issue. You create the shortcut on your machine and you own it and so on. Copy it to persons folder and YOU still own it. You need to change the file level permissions to include the user.<br>
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A cheat for part 2 that can be dangerous if not implemented correctly is to use domain users, users or everyone groups then you can copy the file to anyone's server stored profile rather than having to change the perms for every users profile.<br>
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Zel. Just passing out ideas. Never a genius.

 

[Jono]

that'll do for me zel. u r a star )