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- Copy user profiles with Windows 2000's User Profiles tab
- A user profile in Windows encompasses the desktop, application settings, and other folders that define the user's working environment. Learn how a handy Windows feature can make it simple to copy user profiles. A user profile in Windows encompasses the desktop, application settings, and other folders that define...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Jim Boyce, user profile, User Profiles TAB, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Profile, User, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2005-07-18
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- AD / Group Policy Manager Question
- Hi All,just a brief description of what i am try to achieve - i a working in a cross platform XP and OSX environment where my project is to log machines into the domain for various reasons.I am contemplating what is the best method for managing user profiles in XP...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, chris_short@..., user profile, group policy, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Tutorial: Working with Roaming Profiles
- Roaming user profiles allow users to log on to any workstation within a domain and be greeted with their personalized combination of settings and applications, no matter which machine theyre using. User profiles in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 function in basically the same waythey both support local, roaming,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, profileS, Roaming Profiles
- Blog posts 2006-07-03
- Script to Delete local roaming profiles
- HiI have a windows 2003 server with xp workstations. We use Roaming profiles that copy themselves to the local machine. I want to reconfigure the way profiles work in AD and create a new default user. In order for this to work i need to wipe all local profiles on...
- Tags: Harvey@...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Roaming profiles create two profiles when user logs in.
- I have a windows 2000 terminal server that uses roaming profiles. On this particular server it is creating two user folders for every user everytime they login. One: %Username% and the other %username%.domain1 and it just keeps incrementing the domain. I am using roaming profiles which work fine on other...
- Tags: Terminal services, scjunk@..., server, user profile
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- Mandatory Roaming User Profiles in Windwos 2003 for Win XP users
- Sir i discussed this with you and you answer me, but this does'nt work. My server name is SPSERVER, Profile folder is PROFILES. I wrote Profile path\SPSERVERPROFILESis this correct or wrong. please give me step by step configuration. user name is STUDENT.ProfilesPath should be "\spserverprofiles%username%" assuming you have the...
- Tags: kamalnanglu@..., Mandatory Roaming User Profiles, Microsoft Windows XP, networking, User Profiles
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- Default XP Profiles
- I am familiar with the copy to function for setting up default profiles for new windows users logging into our network. I have a lab with identical machines and I wanted to know if there is a problem with copying the created user and default user profiles from the Documents...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, careyb@...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- Drive Mapping keeps changing
- I have all of my users with the letter U: mapped to their home directory "\servernamehome%username% on the server using the profiles tab in active directory. One user sometimes gets mapped to the root of the home directory and not to his user. He can change the mapping manually each...
- Tags: home directory, joegrosskopf@..., windows, Drive Mapping
- Q&A 2006-06-26
- Changing file name on an XP computer
- We had an employee named Chris Smith leave about two weeks ago. Although I have changed his name to his replacement's name Angela in Microsoft Office and in the Windows User Account settings under Control Panel, files that Angela creates and then save to her C drive have a file...
- Tags: ken@..., new user, old user
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Quick Tip: Consider this hidden folder when backing up a Windows 2000 user profile
- The User Profiles tab lets you view profiles on the system, change profiles from local to roaming, copy profiles to another location, and delete profiles.User profiles include a user’s My Documents, Desktop, Favorites, Start Menu, Cookies, and a handful of hidden folders. Profiles are located by default in the Documents...
- Tags: Jim Boyce, User Profiles, Microsoft Windows, Local Settings, Microsoft Windows 2000
- Technical articles 2002-10-01
- Microsoft Windows XP: An Overview of Policies and Profiles
- This session will help you understand how to manage user profiles in Windows XP. Topics will include local, roaming, and mandatory profiles and using Group Policy to control user capabilities and rights.
- Tags: Profile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts
- Tech Tip: Delete locally stored profiles in Windows NT
- Learn how to delete locally stored profiles by using Control Panel's System applet. Windows NT stores local profiles for all users who log on to that machine. But if you have several different users logging on to the same machine, these profiles can begin to...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows NT Newsletter, Profile, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2004-07-26
- User Profiles
- User profiles on Xp machines that are members of a domain over 900 students logging into Xp machines with 500 computers how to delete user profiles on the xp machines using group policy
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, ggosnay@..., User Profiles, XP Machine
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- 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
- Working with roaming profiles and Folder Redirection
- profiles and DFS sharesI tried this profiles in a DFS share across a domain with 5 separate geographical sites) on a W2K server. I had to stop DFS from running beacuse of network slowdowns. I had originally thought... how nice, a user could log in and get a profile on...
- Tags: DFS, profileS
- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
- User Profiles
- i'm using win XP and logging in domain.i noticed there's 2 profiles created - (user & user.domain) in C:Documents and Settings.need advised on the differences and how it affects the user. also, where can i find articles or resources on this.
- Tags: jasnew98@..., domain
- Discussion threads 2005-05-14
- New Server Old Domain
- I am setting up a new server and using it to replace an old server. Both are Windows server 2k3. I would bring the new server up and the PCD down but there is a lawsuit and I can not touch the old server, the only thing I can do...
- Tags: Servers, brian@..., server
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- Roaming Profiles issue in 2003 server
- My company had to move the profiles for all user accounts to another system. For the interm duration the roaming profiles have been returned to local. However the Application Data folder for some but not all users seems to return to the previous prof
- Tags: hardware, profileS, Ravenhawk, server
- Discussion threads 2006-01-11
- Mandatory Roaming User Profiles in Windwos 2003 for Win XP users
- Sir i discussed this with you and you answer me, but this does'nt work. My server name is SPSERVER, Profile folder is PROFILES. I wrote Profile path\SPSERVERPROFILESis this correct or wrong. please give me step by step configuration. user name is STUDENT.
- Tags: kamalnanglu@..., networking, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- Profiles
- In Documents and Setting. How do I remove large amount of selected profiles at once? I have many users that log on and it fills up my hard drive.What operating system?The procedures are different depending on your OS. Do you have to allow this many users on the PC?To...
- Tags: Operating systems, ramireal@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-15
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