Disable Profiles

[JasonN]

I could not find my original thread I will start again.

We are starting to use XP Pro at some of our schools. The problem is that whenever you join a domain you get a new profile.

One user could have multiple profiles if joining more than one domain.

We would like the users to use the same profile no matter what domain they attach to. Word Perfect requires files everytime a new profile is created.

It's a pain especially for techs who may need to join 2 or 3 different domains and get several desktops. I'm not sure why MS went this way but it's annoying.

Any suggestions?

 

[wolluf]

Bit confused - are we taling pupils at A school? Why do they need to join/access more than one domain (do you know about Primary Domain Controllers (PDCs) and Backup Domain Controllers (BDCs).

Perhaps you could review your setup, give more information and post back?

 

[JasonN]

Current Setup:

Principal of school has a XP Pro laptop and connects to the school Lan but must use a different login to use at home. If they change/add to their desktop it won't change the desktop of their other profile.

As a tech we may need to join several domains and having one profile per domain is a pain.

For students we require all students to authenticate to one domain but share the same desktop instead of each having their own profile.

We would like to force all users to use one standard profile.

 

[wolluf]

'We would like to force all users to use one standard profile.' - just set up a mandatory profile that all users load (this is a domain?)

Principal of school - very well known issue - you'll find lots of posts about this. Should be able to log on to domain at home useing cached details - so it will be same profile. If this doesn't work - and sometimes doesn't, the files in his domain profile will still be on the machine (and assuming (s)he has local administator access, (s)he'll be able to access them. Can't imagine much else - email perhaps, but can always import school messages into home profile & vice versa).

'As a tech we may need to join several domains and having one profile per domain is a pain' - who are you kidding? If you're really a tech, why do you need a 'profile' (that's for normal users to save their setings and documents). Assuming you're working on laptops (why else multiple domains), you'll have all necessary stuff local on laptop. Get real - do you know what you're doing?

 

[JasonN]

Principal of school: The end user may not be very articulate with computers but a thought came to mind. A shortcut to the "home" profile's desktop/Docouments folder with appropriate permissions. They are not local administrators.

As a tech we may need to join several domains and having one profile per domain is a pain' - who are you kidding? If you're really a tech, why
do you need a 'profile' (that's for normal users to save their setings
and documents).

If you can explain why XP creates a new profile for every domain it joins and prevent it from doing so I am all ears. We don't require a profile.

Assuming you're working on laptops (why else multiple
domains), you'll have all necessary stuff local on laptop.

We have staff (besides techs) that need to travel between schools and consequently between domains. They must login to process the login scripts and setup drives etc. With multiple profiles the end user would become confused and not know where their files are located.

Get real -
do you know what you're doing?

I am just looking for answers not for personal opinion. Keep the attitude to yourself.