Re: Assigning user profiles based on OU

From: Arizona Bill (ArizonaBill_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:18:01 -0700

Mark, can you tell me if this is possible?

I am trying to find out information in regards to whether or not this can be done. I am currently running an Windows 2000 active directory will all windows xp pro sp1 clients. I have been asked to Map User profiles to a network drive. Ex. z:\profile. The problem is that I have created a VBS script to run in the computer script section of Group Policy for the Organizational Unit where the machine resides when the machine boots up. (MapNetworkDrive "z:", "\\server\users)

The purpose of this is to map specified manditory profiles to workstations and not the Users. When Implemented, a user logs in and a message window appears stating that it is unable to find the roaming profile. When a non-profiled account logs onto the system and opens "My Computer" the mapped dirve Z:\profile is there. When you double click on the drive it takes you to the share.

I question is: Is it possible to map user profiles to a network drive that is mapped when the workstation authenticates to the AD network? I don't want to make the user profile to a UNC Path name Ex. \\server\users\%username% but instead to Z:\%username%

"Mark Renoden [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Tim/Bill
>
> Consider designing GPO/s that include settings for the users that are common
> across all computers and then implementing the differing settings using
> policy in the computer configuration. Another option is policy loopback:
>
> 231287 Loopback Processing of Group Policy
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231287
>
> The following document may be useful (although not specific to your needs):
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/confeat/grppolsc.mspx
>
> Kind regards
> --
> Mark Renoden [MSFT]
> Windows Platform Support Team
> Email: markreno@online.microsoft.com
>
> Please note you'll need to strip ".online" from my email address to email
> me; I'll post a response back to the group.
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Arizona Bill" <Arizona Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:01B819AE-6ADA-46A5-9A4F-214FFD702B12@microsoft.com...
> > Tim, I am also having the same issues. I have manditory profiles set for
> > users but have mutiple computers with differ applications. If a profile
> > can be based on OU or mapping a profile to a drive letter which is mapped
> > via a VBS Script based in the OU GPO.
> >
> > Can anyone shed any light on this issue?
> >
> > "Tim" wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know of a way to assign a mandatory profile
> >> based on the computer that the user logs on to. We are in
> >> a college setting and not all of our computers have the
> >> same programs. We want to assign a standard profile to be
> >> used by students but do not want dead shortcuts on the
> >> desktop. We could easily create seperate profiles to be
> >> used based on computer location OU, but is this possible?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tim
> >>
>
>
>

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