Mark, that is exactly what I want. I want the profile to be machine
specific and not user specific. Maybe I don't understand. I
understand
that the policy loop back defaults to the GPO Settings of the computer.
But what I am not sure is how when I specify the profile path under the
specified user. Lets say I have two servers Server1 and Server2 that
house
my two profiles. Now my staff user profile settings are
\\server1\profile\staff
and my student is \\server2\profile\student.
Now a staff member logs onto the student workstation, and I have set in
the GPO Policy Loopback. Is it going to change the profile that is
loaded
for server1\profile\staff -> server2\profile\student? That is where I
am
confused. I appoligize for my confusion.
Example. User1 - Profile path \\server1\profile\user
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Hi Bill
If I understand you correctly, you want profiles to be machine
specific
rather than user specific. This can all be achieved with policy
loopback.
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Mark,
Basically, The Staff members have a manditory profile as do the
student
have a manitory profile. They are two separt profiles located on
two
different VLans. When a staff member sits at a student workstation
on
a
separate VLan they will logon with the student profile. The items
that
are set in the profile are there Start -> Programs and any
applications
they might use.
What I would like to be able to do is Map A network drive on the
computer
start up the V drive. it would look something like this
\\server\profile =V drive
Under the V drive there would be folders specified profile1,
profile2,
profile3, etc.
Then in the User's profile path I would enter V:\profile1 for
example
and
the user would log on and pull that profile.
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Hi Bill
Without testing myself, you could use "set" in a startup script
assigned
to
the computers via Group Policy.
I don't follow your explanation of the the requirement. Can you
clarify?
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Mark, Thanks your assistance on this. That could possibly work
but
how
should I set the %profileserver% environment on client boot?
The main issue I have is that our CTO wants to be staff members
to
be
able
to user student workstations and pull the student profile.
Having
all
the
start->program files-> and applications that a student we be able
to
use.
Student that are part of a special topic class that has
designated
machines with specific apps only showing those specific apps on
the
client
machines.
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Hi Bill
I'm pretty sure the answer is no. I assume you want the server
name
to
be
different depending on which client machine you log onto? The
only
way I
can see you achieving this is to set the user profile path to
something
like
\\%profileserver%\users\%username% and set the %profileserver%
environment
variable when the client boots.
Probably a better approach is to identify which settings should
be
common
across all client machines and implement those in a GPO linked
to
an
OU.
Inside that OU, create OU's for specific client machine sets and
apply
another GPO to each of those OU's that set the unique settings
for
that
group of client machines. If the policy settings are specific
to
the
"User
Configuration" parts of the GPO's, you can use policy loopback
as I
mentioned earlier:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/confeat/grppolsc.mspx
It's really worthwhile reading the document that I mentioned
before.
If
it
doesn't answer your questions specifically, it'll give some good
practices
that you can then adapt to your specific scenario.
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Mark, can you tell me if this is possible?
I am trying to find out information in regards to whether or
not
this
can
be done. I am currently running an Windows 2000 active
directory
will
all
windows xp pro sp1 clients. I have been asked to Map User
profiles
to
a
network drive. Ex. z:\profile. The problem is that I have
created
a
VBS
script to run in the computer script section of Group Policy
for
the
Organizational Unit where the machine resides when the machine
boots
up.
(MapNetworkDrive "z:", "\\server\users)
The purpose of this is to map specified manditory profiles to
workstations
and not the Users. When Implemented, a user logs in and a
message
window
appears stating that it is unable to find the roaming profile.
When
a
non-profiled account logs onto the system and opens "My
Computer"
the
mapped dirve Z:\profile is there. When you double click on
the
drive
it
takes you to the share.
I question is: Is it possible to map user profiles to a
network
drive
that is mapped when the workstation authenticates to the AD
network?
I
don't want to make the user profile to a UNC Path name Ex.
\\server\users\%username% but instead to Z:\%username%
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Hi Tim/Bill
Consider designing GPO/s that include settings for the users
that
are
common
across all computers and then implementing the differing
settings
using
policy in the computer configuration. Another option is
policy
loopback:
231287 Loopback Processing of Group Policy
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231287
The following document may be useful (although not specific
to
your
needs):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/confeat/grppolsc.mspx
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Tim, I am also having the same issues. I have manditory
profiles
set
for
users but have mutiple computers with differ applications.
If
a
profile
can be based on OU or mapping a profile to a drive letter
which
is
mapped
via a VBS Script based in the OU GPO.
Can anyone shed any light on this issue?
:
Does anyone know of a way to assign a mandatory profile
based on the computer that the user logs on to. We are in
a college setting and not all of our computers have the
same programs. We want to assign a standard profile to be
used by students but do not want dead shortcuts on the
desktop. We could easily create seperate profiles to be
used based on computer location OU, but is this possible?
Thanks,
Tim
. When I set the variable v:\profile ("profile" bing the Manditory profile on the server) under the User profile settings. The Computer script maps this UNC path. When they user tries to log onto the workstation and their profile is V:\profile is says the Profile is unable to be loaded. the Profile path is not available. Why is that when I map a drive in the GPO under the computer configuration and set it to map V: Drive to \\server1\users\ it doesn't always map. Now when I log onto the system and double check the drive to see whether or not it is mapped using a none profiled account I can double click on the drive V: and it takes me to the server that it is mapped to.