Haslett, Andrew
andrew.haslett at ilc.gov.au
Mon Mar 6 21:32:19 CST 2006
Standard practice with Romaing Porfiles are generally that you have: 1) The Profile itself - stores user settings / preferences etc - basically, you're registry 2) A 'User' share, which is a folder containing your 'My Documents' / 'My Pictures' folders etc. *Both* of these are stored centrally on a network share - only the Profile (1) is copied to the users machines when he/she logs in. Upon logging off it is saved back to the server (depending on policy it is either deleted from the local machine or a copy is retained). So the My Docs folder etc, are generally kept on the network share and not copied to the local machine*. This allows easy access from any machine as well as a central location to perform backups etc. (* when using a feature called 'off-line files' this can be configured differently) Cheers, Andrew -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell Sent: Tuesday, 7 March 2006 1:25 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Kill a Workgroup and Replace it with a Domain Someone that has actually used Roaming Profiles, please correct me if I'm wrong, but.... IIRC the things I have read say that if you use Raoming profiles, you should not save your files to the My Documents folder but to a shared network drive, because when you log in, the files get sent down to the local My Documents folder and then when you log off, they get sent back to the server. I don't work in a MS shop, and have never used roaming profiles, so this could be worng, but I'm sure that I have read about this before causing long login and logout times. -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because you won't have a leg to stand on. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ *** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information protected by law from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. No warranty is given that this email or files, if attached to this email, are free from computer viruses or other defects. They are provided on the basis the user assumes all responsibility for loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from their use, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not.