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Adding printers to a mandatory profile
I have about 60 machines in a lab booting from one mandatory profile from my server(the server is running Windows Server 2000). They have different versions of Windows(XP Pro, 2000 Pro, and 98) installed on them. On \pc60(Win XP Pro SP2) I have two printers from which the other 59...
Tags: Printers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, cyberburn311@..., mandatory profile, printer
Discussion threads 2007-10-01
Win2k Server Add a Machine (instead of a User) to a Group
Is there any way to add a certain machine (by machine name, IP address, MAC ID, anything) to a specific Group? I know this seems like a strange request, but we're working with third-party software that can only assign profiles by Windows Users or Groups. I have one machine that...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, mordacity, Microsoft Windows 2000, mandatory profile, user account
Discussion threads 2007-09-11
I believe I'm correct ... Please Help
I'm doing a rather nice project ... thru a sorry temp agcy. But anyway there an issue that I believe can be solved. (In a network environment with roaming profiles. Its still possible to assign mandatory profile on a local machine for a particular user.) Am I correct? and if...
Tags: NETWORKING, jeffreywashington@..., Mandatory Profile, local machine, Roaming Profile
Discussion threads 2007-05-18
Office 2003 and Mandatory Profile
Hi,I have configured Mandatory profile for all users in Windows 2003 environment. Some users have outlook client configured for email. As the client computers download default profile settings from the server, it is not possible to load the Outlook profile of the specific users. Please let me know how can...
Tags: Groupware, ddevenesan@..., Mandatory Profile, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2003
Discussion threads 2007-03-27
Mandatory profile
I have been working with mandatory profiles for at least 4 years in a Netware environnement with Zenworks. We are now moving to Active Directory and SMS. Since mandatory profiles worked fine with Zenworks, I want to use it with Active Directory. So I created a simple user on...
Tags: mandatory profile, rogerleblond@...
Discussion threads 2007-01-21
Mandatory Profiles - Windows XP - Wireless
Good Day,I have a current scenario issue of which help would be much appreciated.BACKGROUNDI work in schools and have put a new system in each of these schools. The system comprises of a 2003 Server, 20+ desktops with Windows XP Pro and 20+ laptops with Windows XP Pro. ...
Tags: computer, group policy, hardware, laptop computer, mandatory profile, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, network, networking, profiles, software, techrepublic@..., windows, wireless
Discussion threads 2007-01-19
NT mandatory profile and IE Cache
I'm stumped on a problem. I work at a public library and I setup our NT PC's to get their mandatory profiles from a Win2k server. It all works great but I have one problem that I cannot figure out. My boss scans each PC for JPG's and it...
Tags: mandatory profile, IE Cache, Microsoft Windows NT, mandatory profiles, NT PC, PC, rgarza28@..., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Discussion threads 2006-03-14
Windows cannot load profile
I administer 3 small networks using Windows 2000 server and 2000 workstations.2 of the networks use Mandatory user profile's stored on the local PC and the other uses a Mandatory user profile stored on the server. On the locally stored PC's I keep getting the following error message followed by...
Tags: gary_davies@..., mandatory profile, Microsoft Windows, server, windows
Q&A 2005-07-28
Office 2003 and Mandatory Profiles
I have lab computers running Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003 in a Domain. Our students use mandatory profiles when they log in to a computer. The issue I have is that each time a student logs in and launches Office 2003, Office set up runs as if...
Tags: mandatory profile, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2003, sduthie@..., software
Q&A 2005-07-05
Stay in control with mandatory profiles in Windows NT
Microsoft's mandatory profiles enable admins to define settings that users can't permanently change. Learn more about mandatory profiles. Profiles offer many user benefits, but they don't always solve the problems that administrators face. One such challenge is when working with a closed environment, in which...
Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, TechRepublic Staff, PRODUCTIVITY, mandatory profile, Windows NT Newsletter, Profile, Microsoft Corp.
Technical articles 2005-06-23

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Shared Roaming Profiles
I have started to use roaming profile for some user on the network. But is is possible to have a group of users use the exact profile, that is stored on the server. I would lock the profile down so they only have read access to it and their my...
Tags: mgrell
Discussion threads 2004-11-17
Outlook 2003 and shared mandatory roaming profile
Hi, Question regarding Outlook and mandatory "shared" profile that maybe somebody can help me with.Thanksbackground:We have multiple students that shares only one profile using a mandatory shared roaming profile which is shared on the server. All students get the same desktop, same IE favorites and this is great. Unfortunately ,...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Groupware, it@..., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 2003
Discussion threads 2007-03-18
Mandatory profile with normal.dot shared
What is the correct way to create a mandatory profile where all users are sharing a normal.dot, but still be able to track document changes per user? We have set this up now with a blank normal.dot in the profile, but every time a user closes an office app an...
Tags: medwards@...
Discussion threads 2007-07-02
Changing Mandatory Profiles
Hello,All our PCs have roaming profiles, except for one which was mistakenly set to "mandatory" by my predecessor.Can anyone tell me how to change the Mandatory profile to a roaming one?We're running WinXP clients on an SBS2000 server.
Tags: Desktops, pysces83@...
Discussion threads 2007-08-27
Modify Mandatory user roaming Profile
Hi, We run a 2003 server with XP workstations and one domain, we recently had the Mandatory user roaming profile set-up on the server,but we now want to modify it so as to alow all the children to be able to print from the default network printer. When the profile...
Tags: Printers, aspellatt@...
Discussion threads 2007-05-13
Windows xp /office xp
This is one of the annoying instances. The office start to install if a new user logon to the computer. Is there a fix for this nature specially on workstation that are men]mber of domain. License for office is an OEM so you don't have register to ms site...
Tags: hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, omie@...
Q&A 2005-09-18
Mandatory profiles for Computers, not users
Hello.I need specific computers to load specific mandatory profiles from the server, but only for specific users.I'am working on a school, and every class needs their own profile.At first, i was thinking about local profiles, but the teachers needs to log in with their roaming profiles on the same computers,...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, gert@..., computer, Room2
Discussion threads 2007-11-09
Mandatory Roaming User Profiles in Windwos 2003 for Win XP users
Sir We are using Server 2003 to control the domain of the LAN. All other system are running Win XP. I want that all the users who log on the server 2003 must uses Mandatory roaming user profile. The desktop settings should be same for all...
Tags: kamalnanglu@..., Microsoft Windows XP, networking, user profiles, windows
Discussion threads 2007-01-09
Normal.dot in a Mandatory profile
I am doing work in an environment where all desktops are tightly locked down by local reg entries and GPOs. All users are pointed to the same mandatory profile. This profile contains a custom normal.dot. The issue is that when a user opens an MS Office document, their user info...
Tags: medwards@..., Microsoft Office, dialog box
Discussion threads 2007-07-10
DENY install software with domain admins
Hello, i'm have a question. I manage a windows 2003 domain. The user logon with mandatory profile. I have add users to domain admins so the mandatory profile work. I have deleted domain admins from administrators group. The problem is that de user can install software. With GPO i have...
Tags: Real estate, marktplaats07@..., software, domain admin, GPO, Domain Admins
Discussion threads 2007-09-27
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