Re: Assigning user profiles based on OU

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

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:18:01 -0700

Mark,

Basically, The Staff members have a manditory profile as do the student have a manitory profile. They are two separt profiles located on two different VLans. When a staff member sits at a student workstation on a separate VLan they will logon with the student profile. The items that are set in the profile are there Start -> Programs and any applications they might use.

What I would like to be able to do is Map A network drive on the computer start up the V drive. it would look something like this

\\server\profile =V drive

Under the V drive there would be folders specified profile1, profile2, profile3, etc.

Then in the User's profile path I would enter V:\profile1 for example and the user would log on and pull that profile.
 

"Mark Renoden [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Bill
>
> Without testing myself, you could use "set" in a startup script assigned to
> the computers via Group Policy.
>
> I don't follow your explanation of the the requirement. Can you clarify?
>
> 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" <ArizonaBill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:52F3B7FD-EA63-419D-9AF3-86EBC567B3DE@microsoft.com...
> > Mark, Thanks your assistance on this. That could possibly work but how
> > should I set the %profileserver% environment on client boot?
> >
> > The main issue I have is that our CTO wants to be staff members to be able
> > to user student workstations and pull the student profile. Having all the
> > start->program files-> and applications that a student we be able to use.
> > Student that are part of a special topic class that has designated
> > machines with specific apps only showing those specific apps on the client
> > machines.
> >
> > "Mark Renoden [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Bill
> >>
> >> I'm pretty sure the answer is no. I assume you want the server name to
> >> be
> >> different depending on which client machine you log onto? The only way I
> >> can see you achieving this is to set the user profile path to something
> >> like
> >> \\%profileserver%\users\%username% and set the %profileserver%
> >> environment
> >> variable when the client boots.
> >>
> >> Probably a better approach is to identify which settings should be common
> >> across all client machines and implement those in a GPO linked to an OU.
> >> Inside that OU, create OU's for specific client machine sets and apply
> >> another GPO to each of those OU's that set the unique settings for that
> >> group of client machines. If the policy settings are specific to the
> >> "User
> >> Configuration" parts of the GPO's, you can use policy loopback as I
> >> mentioned earlier:
> >>
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/confeat/grppolsc.mspx
> >>
> >> It's really worthwhile reading the document that I mentioned before. If
> >> it
> >> doesn't answer your questions specifically, it'll give some good
> >> practices
> >> that you can then adapt to your specific scenario.
> >>
> >> 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" <ArizonaBill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F3B2E586-57B5-49FE-BA5A-4226CF6AB816@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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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