Multiple Logins

[Rick Lawsha]

Our main server is running Windows NT and we usually run labs with groups of
25 or so Windows 98 boxes. This is a classroom environment and each computer
has many different users during the day. Each user has an account on the NT
server so login is not a problem. The Windows 98 workstation doesn't care
who the user is, the NT logon screen validates the user. If we switch to XP
workstations how will this work? If any one workstation has 20 different
users during the course of a day, willl XP create 20 different users on
C:\Documents and Settings\User1 and so forth? I can see several hundred
unique users on each workstation in a short amount of time. All of these
users have a valid NT server account, it's just that you never know which
workstation they will be using. (This is a high school with 5,000 students
and 10 labs). What is the best way to handle this? Please don't say upgrade
the servers, that's not economically possible.

 

[William Wang[MSFT]]

Hi Rick,

There is not a problem. You can feel free to use
Windows XP.

When you log on to a Windows 98 computer, the user
profile is copied from the user's home directory to
the local machine. When you log off, the user profile
is then copied back to the user's home directory. The
home directory is set in the user's account on the
Windows NT server.

In Windows XP, the <Systemdrive>\Documents and
Settings folder is used to store the profiles.

Windows XP supports three types of user profiles:
local user profile, roaming user profile and
mandatory user profile.

If you are using a local user profile, it is created
the first time you log on to a computer and is stored
on a computer's local hard disk. Any changes made to
your local user profile will be specific to the
computer in which you made the changes.

If you are using a roaming user profile, it is
downloaded to the local computer when a user is
logged on and is updated both locally and on the
server when the user logs off.

If you are using a mandatory user profile, it is
downloaded to the local computer each time the user
logs on, but it is not updated when the user logs
off, only system administrators can make changes to
mandatory user profiles.

If anything is unclear, please don't hesitate to
contact us.

Sincerely,

William Wang
Microsoft Online Support Engineer

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Subject: Multiple Logins
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:20:55 -0500
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