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Roaming Profiles
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WillShakespeare
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Hi,
On the Profile tab of the User's AD properties, if yous et the Profile field to a network share of profiles, this will be used whichever machine the person logs onto.
Setting up roaming profiles isn't the same in W2K as it was in NT. As an MCSE in NT, I get confused sometimes looking for things.
In our W2K network, however, this is how we set up our users, and they all now have roaming profiles.
You should also set the My Documents folder redirection in a Default Group Policy using ADU&C. Redirect to the same profile path, and everything will be roaming.
Of course installations on local machines may be different to the usual client's local machine, so their profile may contain links to non-existant software, but I'm sure you already know this.
Hope this helps a bit,
Will
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On the Profile tab of the User's AD properties, if yous et the Profile field to a network share of profiles, this will be used whichever machine the person logs onto.
Setting up roaming profiles isn't the same in W2K as it was in NT. As an MCSE in NT, I get confused sometimes looking for things.
In our W2K network, however, this is how we set up our users, and they all now have roaming profiles.
You should also set the My Documents folder redirection in a Default Group Policy using ADU&C. Redirect to the same profile path, and everything will be roaming.
Of course installations on local machines may be different to the usual client's local machine, so their profile may contain links to non-existant software, but I'm sure you already know this.
Hope this helps a bit,
Will
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WillShakespeare
MIS
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How did you do it (for the benefit of the above solution seeker)...
We used folder redirection in the the GPO. If you go into GPO and select User Config, Windows Settings, you can set redirection in there.
Will
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How did you do it (for the benefit of the above solution seeker)...
We used folder redirection in the the GPO. If you go into GPO and select User Config, Windows Settings, you can set redirection in there.
Will
WillShakespeare
MIS
Gotcha... You are correct in this. I mentioned this in the first part of my posting above. We just went one step further in the actual GPO (Registry level), but given your posting, our further step was most likely un-needed. Still not sure how this W2K AD thingy works! 
Will
Will
I've done mine the same way but specified the profile folder as
\\servername\users\%username%\profile
users is shared to all with RWXD perms. Username is created by the server with relevant permissions.
After first log in and out, the desktop, start menu etc folders are copied to server.
\\servername\users\%username%\profile
users is shared to all with RWXD perms. Username is created by the server with relevant permissions.
After first log in and out, the desktop, start menu etc folders are copied to server.
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