[AccessD] OT: Roaming Profiles in Server 2000

My documents stays localy in the user profile in Documents and settings
folder.
But When logging on and off it is copied/merged with the version on the
server.
When you first logon to a new computer your whole profile will be
downloaded to this computer, when logging of it will be copied/merged
again to the server.

With NT4 computers the profiles are deleted/copied, so when beeing
logged on simulteaniously on two computers the last logoff computer will
win (you could loose data in this case).
I believe that since Windows 2KPro and XPPro computers the profiles are
merged, so you don't loose data. 

Using profiles does not change anything for the user.


A second thing you mention is the home dir of the users which is another
setting that has not really anything to do with profiles.
It is merely the default path where a user will get when first saving or
opening data. This is typicaly used to set a default data path per user
or same path for all users. It's just the default location for saving
data.

I don't use this home dir, because I find it rather confusing for the
user.

Erwin








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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Julie
Reardon-Taylor
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:43 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Roaming Profiles in Server 2000

Hi,

I'm thinking about creating roaming profiles for my users and have found
a little bit of documentation on the subject, but wondered if someone
could answer a few questions.

When you set the user to logon to a directory on the server and include
a path to their home directory, I am under the impression that their "My
Documents" folder on C is automatically re-directed to their home
directory on the server.  I dont' see how this is possible.  Wouldn't I
have to change the default File Save path in the Word and Excel
applications to make sure that they default to the users folder on the
server?

If I am using Outlook without Exchange server, is their e-mail
automatically being downloaded to the server instead of their individual
hard drives, and is part of their user profie?



Julie Reardon-Taylor
PRO-SOFT OF NY, INC.
44 Public Square Suite #5
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone/Fax: (315) 785-0319
www.pro-soft.net


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