Roaming Profiles for Users

[David Angelovich]

Hi

I'm a little confused about how roaming profiles work for users in XP
Pro....

If I create a user, configure it up how I want it, then copy it to a shared
location, make it a mandatory profile and assign a group of users to it,
where do those users' document go? All in the same folder (i.e. shared My
Documents folder for those users)?

Can I do this for a local machine only, that is, don't copy it to a network
share, but allow a particular user group access to the local location? (i.e.
set the profile location to c:\Documents and Settings\UserTemplate?)

Is there anywhere which gives a good overview and instructions on how this
feature works? The microsoft support site doesn't make it entirely clear....

TIA

- David Angelovich

 

[Luke]

Hi,
I'm not exactly sure about this myself. I would guess
that the documents would be stored in the 'My Documents'
folder within the mandatory profile for all users. In
answer to your question it would be possible to do what
you suggest on the local machine. I will try and see if
there are any good websites on this.
Luke.

 

[Guest]

Roaming profiles can be a life saver or a headache. You
are right about how to set them up and create a mandatory
profile but what you will also want to do is create a
home directory or all the documents will go into the my
documents area of that profile. If you are setting up
multi users to use the same profile but use different log
ins then just make a different home directory for each
user account and then point each user account to the
shared profile.

You are better off using a network share rather than a
local machine.

Jim