rob
Tue Sep 16 11:20:05 CDT 2003
Oh, I'm sorry, I completely misread you there... I gotta
learn to read more carefully, I thought you wanted to know
how to circumvent a mandatory profile, not create one...
Here's some good guidance, (assuming Win2K)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/professional/help/d
efault.asp?
url=/windows2000/en/professional/help/lsm_profile_roaming.h
tm
To assign a mandatory user profile
Open Computer Management
In the console tree, in Local Users and Groups, click
Users.
Click the user account you want.
Click Action, and then click Properties.
On the Profile tab, in Profile path enter the location of
the profile you want to assign.
For a network path, use the form \\server name\profiles
folder name\user profile name. For example:
\\puma\profiles\clerk
Note
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of
the Administrators group in order to complete this
procedure. If your computer is connected to a network,
network policy settings may also prevent you from
completing this procedure.
To open Computer Management, click Start, point to
Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click
Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer
Management.
To assign a mandatory user profile, you must also copy a
preconfigured user profile to the location that you
specify in step 5. In Control Panel, double-click System,
click the User Profiles tab, click the profile you want to
copy, and then click Copy To. In Copy profile to, enter
the path for the folder that you have specified in step 5
and rename NTUser.dat to NTUser.man.
To assign a mandatory user profile, you must also properly
configure the network folder that you specify in step 5.
In Computer Management, use Shared Folders to create a
shared folder on the appropriate server and grant full
control to the Everyone group.
If users will log on to computers running Windows NT 4.0
or Windows 2000, but not to computers running Windows NT
3.x, then the user profile path does not need a file name.
If users will log on to computers running Windows NT 3.x
as well as to computers running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows
2000, then the user profile path must contain a file name.
The file name can be that of a roaming user profile (.usr)
or a mandatory user profile (.man), such as:
\\airedale\profiles\clerks.man
If users will log on only to computers running Windows
2000, the user profile path should be to a folder name and
should not include an extension of .usr or .man. If the
folder specified in the user profile path does not exist,
it is automatically created the first time the user logs
on.
>-----Original Message-----
>Yes I am on my own computer, and I do know how to use
>admin tools like group policy ect... What i'm trying to
>say is i'm not a newbie to computers. The reason I want
>to know how to do this is because I am going to create a
>username which is just for my C++ work and I don't want
>the desktop getting clocked full of junk.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You're not on your own computer, you're on the school's
>>computer, right? So.. you have to abide by thier
>rules..
>>it sounds like the system admin has made all profiles
>what
>>are called MANDATORY PROFILES. That means they give you
>>what they want you to see, and you can't make permenant
>>changes. Call them and ask them if this is true.
>>
>>Your best bet is to talk to the college IT Dept, not a
>>newsgroup!
>>
>>And this has what to do with computer security?
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Hi there im just wandering if anyone knows the answer
>to
>>>this question...
>>>
>>>At my college. You can add stuff to the desktop like,
>>>Files and folder. However, when you logoff and then
>logon
>>>again the files and folders you added will be gone and
>>>anything you changed to the system while you were on
>>>there like wallpaper, Position of icons and anything
>you
>>>renamed example if you renamed My Documents to My Docs
>it
>>>would be reset to My Documents again when you log back
>on.
>>>
>>>Can someone please tell me how to do this please?
>>>.
>>>
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