John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Mon Oct 22 10:57:37 CDT 2012
Thanks Jim! I'll give it a try. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:33 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Roaming Profiles There might be a way to do roaming profiles without a server but I have never done so or read any documentation that says it is possible. It used to be able to be done with windows workgroups but that was many years ago. It may not be possible in a workgroup scenario as in order for profiles to work they have to be centrally located; this predisposes a server and stations just can not work as servers...we all know how unstable pass-through printing works and profiles are so much more complicated. What I would do is get simple PC, install your favourite distro of Linux on it and make one user for each user on the network and create and redirect their user directories to the Linux box. It would have the advantage of being low cost, everyone would get their "roaming profiles" and running on a station, that runs like a server with full multi-user and multi-tasking. You can then redirect the local document and desktop folder search to point to the Linux station, something like the following. http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1409/move-your-documents-and-settings-usernam e-profile-off-of-the-c-drive/ Note that the Linux (Ubuntu) station/server must be running when setting up. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:24 PM To: DBA-Tech Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Roaming Profiles Can I have roaming profiles on Windows 7 without a having a windows server? _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com