Erwin Craps - IT Helps
Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be
Tue May 10 02:05:52 CDT 2005
Profiles are stored in the path you specify in th account information. Mostly that is \\SERVERNAME\PROFILES\%USERNAME% All files that are in the profile are copied to the server (including my documents). I would not mess in the profiles on the server because you never know when the user is logged on or not, and I believe it keep some synchronisation information. SO altering the profile on the server will not necesarely change the user profile. And yes Outlook settings are in the profile to BUT, when not using Exchange server your PST file must be, or in the profile (which I do not suggest due to file size) or directly in a own user folder on the server. Typicaly \\SERVERNAME\USERS\%USERNAME% But I strongly suggest to use roaming profiles 1) You get PC redundancy. If a pc crashes the user can continue to work on another pc. 2) If the users stores file in My documents they are copied on the server via romaing profiles AND they get backupped by the server backup system!!! Disadvantage, you will need more diskspace on the server. Average profiles size is 40 to 80MB if they do not save files in My documents. If they use My documents the size can be any size.... There are some folders excluded from te syncing and you can add some other. I generaly add the outlook.ost file (in case of exchange server) because this file changes every time and can be GB in size. Search on MS technet for "exclude folders roaming profile" for more inf. Hope this helps. Erwin -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens Julie Reardon-Taylor Verzonden: maandag 9 mei 2005 17:22 Aan: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Onderwerp: RE: [AccessD] OT: Roaming Profiles in Server 2000 Thanks Erwin. So if I am using roaming profiles, doesn't that mean that the server will hold the information somewhere in a folder? Couldn't I conceivably go to a folder on the server and see all of the users files? Is e-mail part of the equation, since the Outlook profile is part of the user? 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 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com