Re: User Profiles

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From: OLOT (nospam_at_news.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 23:51:54 GMT

For some reason, (obviously incorrectly), I thought folder redirection was
just for "My Documents". Did I miss the chapter on this subject in the
Administrators Companion?

I'll research this more as it sounds like what I'm looking for, without
creating conflicts from machine to machine...

"Chad A. Gross [SBS Community Member]" <chad.gross@laytonflower.nospam.com>
wrote in message news:uTp5ygmoEHA.1664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi OLOT -
>
> First, I'm not a big fan of roaming profiles. I've personally had nothing
> but problems with them. Instead, I use Folder Redirection. Folder
> Redirection allows you to redirect user environment folders (My Documents,
> Start Menu, Desktop, & Application Settings) to a central location, thus
> allowing your users to have a consistent environment regardless of which
> PC they log in to. Furthermore, it is very quick & easy to set up via
> Group Policies.
>
> --
>
> Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
> SBS ROCKS!
>
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>
>
> OLOT wrote:
>> I've been reading up on creating "Roaming Profiles" and need help
>> clarifying a few things so I can get a clearer picture on how to set
>> up properly. Here goes:
>>
>> (1) Should the users on each workstation have "local admin rights" on
>> the workstation? It appears this is setup by default so that the
>> client apps will install?
>>
>> (2) Should I setup "custom default user profiles" on a per workstation
>> basis, so that any user that signs on to the machine gets that as
>> their default or is it better to create a " Custom Roaming Profile" a
>> use that as the template for each user?
>>
>> (3) In trying to follow the "Custom Roaming Profile" section in the
>> SBS Administrators Companion book, it is unclear to me where I create
>> the "dummy" account that is used for the template. Am I supposed to
>> do this from the SBS Server itself by using "remote sever
>> management"? (cuz I can't logon to the server locally as anyone but
>> the administrator account)
>> thanks in advance...
>
>

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