Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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 Posted:
Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject:
Re: How do I set up roaming prifiles |
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David wrote:
| Quote: | Is there a link someone can give me with instructions so I an set up
roaming profiles for an SBS2000 setup with 15 clients. Never used to
be an issue but now everyone seems to want to be able to log on at
everyone else's PC!!! Presumably if one user has a progarm such as
say dreamweaver on their own PC it cannot be accessed on any other PC
under roaming.
Many thanks, David, UK
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Roaming profiles are easy -
1. Create a "parent" folder for profiles, and share it as a hidden share - I
use profiles$, usually. Make sure the share permissions grant everyone=full
control, and that the NTFS properties have administrator + system +
users=full control.
2. In each user's ADUC properties on the server, populate the profile path -
as \\server\profiles$\%username%
3. Have each user log in on their "usual" workstation once, and log out
The profile is now roaming.
Caveats:
* Profiles are not compatible between OS versions. If you have WinXP and
Win2k clients, advise users that they can't log into each - or you'll likely
run into corruption.
* In addition, if you have Win9x clients (I'd hope not), you can use roaming
profiles, but it's an entirely different method - and the profile data gets
stored in the user's home directory. I advise getting Win9x off your network
if you have it, and keep everyone on the same OS version.
* Keep computer builds (hardware & software) as close to identical as
possible - including SP levels, software installed, etc.
* Keep the profiles *tiny* - use folder redirection (via group policy, or,
less optimally, manually changed on each profile) for My Documents so it
points at a subfolder of the user's home directory. And advise users not to
store any files on the desktop (show them how to create shortcuts). I get
worried when roaming profiles are larger than about 20MB. Large
profiles=slow login/logout, and other problems...
All this being said, roaming profiles don't have anything to do with the
desktop software installed - so if one PC has Dreamweaver installed, and the
user logs into another workstation that doesn't have Dreamweaver, they of
course won't be able to use that product unless they're logged into their
own machine. I do like roaming profiles, even if users rarely roam, as it
makes workstation replacement a lot easier & seamless. |
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