How do I create a roaming profile?

[jw]

In
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314478

It says:

To create a roaming profile, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties
on the shortcut menu that appears.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under User
Profiles.
3. In the Profiles stored on this computer list, click the profile
that you want.
4. To change the type of profile, click Change Type, click Roaming
profile, and then click OK.

When I do this, I can't change type to roaming (gray 'ed out). Why?

Duke

 

[Malke]

In
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314478

It says:

To create a roaming profile, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties
on the shortcut menu that appears.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under User
Profiles.
3. In the Profiles stored on this computer list, click the profile
that you want.
4. To change the type of profile, click Change Type, click Roaming
profile, and then click OK.

When I do this, I can't change type to roaming (gray 'ed out). Why?

Roaming profiles are only supported in a domain. Is this computer a domain
member workstation?

Malke

 

[jw]

Roaming profiles are only supported in a domain. Is this computer a domain
member workstation?

Malke

No

 

[Malke]

No

Then you can't have roaming profiles. A roaming profile is so that a worker
can sit down at any workstation in the domain and get his/her own profile.
Since you don't have a server and a domain, this isn't applicable to you.
Perhaps if you told us your end goal we might be able to suggest something
else that would meet your needs.

Malke

 

[jw]

Then you can't have roaming profiles. A roaming profile is so that a worker
can sit down at any workstation in the domain and get his/her own profile.
Since you don't have a server and a domain, this isn't applicable to you.
Perhaps if you told us your end goal we might be able to suggest something
else that would meet your needs.

Malke

Sorry 'bout that. From time to time in the past I have wanted to
create another user and start off that user with another user's
profile. So, I basically want to copy one profile to another.
The cited web site tells how to do it, but I can't because the 'copy
to' button is gray'ed out. So how do I do what I want to do?
Thanks
Duke

 

[Malke]

Sorry 'bout that. From time to time in the past I have wanted to
create another user and start off that user with another user's
profile. So, I basically want to copy one profile to another.
The cited web site tells how to do it, but I can't because the 'copy
to' button is gray'ed out. So how do I do what I want to do?

You're probably forgetting to log into the new account once so the profile
folders are created. You also must do the copying work while you are logged
into a user account that is *not* the one you are copying *from* or *to*.

Malke

 

[gls858]

You're probably forgetting to log into the new account once so the profile
folders are created. You also must do the copying work while you are logged
into a user account that is *not* the one you are copying *from* or *to*.

Malke

Wouldn't it also have to be an account with administrative rights?

 

[Malke]

gls858 wrote:

Wouldn't it also have to be an account with administrative rights?

The account that you are logged into in order to copy the other user account
needs administrative privileges, yes.

Malke