Using the same Profile?

[BAHshill]

I have a new Win2k domain set up. I am now currently moving servers to the new domain. There will be many different users loging on to each server at the server. I don't want to have a different profile for each user. Is there a way I can set a common profile for every user on that machine only?


Help!

Chris

 

[Catadmin]

Hi. Found this on Microsoft's website. Hope it helps.


To create a mandatory user profile

Open Active Directory Users and Computers
In the details pane, right-click the applicable user account.
Where?

Active Directory Users and Computers
applicable domain
applicable container (such as Users)
applicable user account
Click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Profile tab.
In Profile path, type the path information ending with the .man file name extension.
Note

To open Active Directory Users and Computers, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
Use a full path in each user account:
\\server\share\%username%.man

For share, create a Profiles folder if it does not already exist, and share the folder with authenticated users allowing read only permissions The share must be created before the user profile is enabled.

When creating a mandatory profile, make sure you set the appropriate access permissions for the user or groups of users that will use this profile.
You can also create a mandatory user profile by using Windows Explorer to rename the ntuser.dat file to ntuser.man.
A mandatory user profile is a preconfigured user profile. The user can still modify the desktop, but the changes are not saved when the user logs off. The next time the user logs on, the mandatory user profile is downloaded again. User profiles become mandatory when you rename the NTuser.dat file on the server to NTuser.man. This extension makes the user profile read-only.
The administrator can assign the same mandatory user profile to as many users as needed.

Working with MMC console files

Create a preconfigured roaming user profile

User profiles overview

Using roaming user profiles



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