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Login as your new user, and run and configure *all programs* on the master computer Just leave it off, since it is automatically added on creation anyway. In fact, if it is added by the user in the 'profile path' field, another will be added to it. This does not need to be added to the folder path. If you already have other Vista or later profiles in this shared location, you will notice that each folder ends in '.V2' This denotes the second version of the profile system. This is why we add the user to the Domain Admin group. (unexpected results, blah blah.) Usually, access to this profile share is limited to read-only by standard users on my network. This needs to be done BEFORE log on of the user, in my experience.

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This ensures that the user will be able to make necessary changes to the system, and write to the profile share when the time comes.Įnter the full UNC path to the profile share in the 'profile path' field on the 'Profile' tab on the user properties page. (You may follow only “master” instructions if profiling a Stand-alone station.)Ĭonnect to your DC, or open Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC).Ĭreate the new user in the 'no policy' OUĪdd that user to the Domain Admin security group. If you are using Group Policy to limit the rights of standard users, and to keep them from accessing certain areas of the OS, it is recommended that you also have an OU created with no group policy applied to it that also is blocking inheritance. (If replacing an existing mandatory profile, you may have unexpected results, and this will not be covered by this how-to) This user will be a *new* user account in active directory.

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That all PCs have been freshly imaged with all software they need installed. You are user with 'Domain Admin' group membership, or similar permissions. It also eliminates support headaches caused by users changing settings that others expect to be a certain way. This can be a handy way to keep things looking new and organized. Instead, any changes between the network copy and the local copy will be reverted to the network copy on next logon. A mandatory roaming profile is the same thing, only the changes between the computer are not synced on log off. Changes are synced between the computer and the networks shared folder on log off of the user. This document should assist in the creation of a mandatory user profile, housed on a network share, for multiple computers that login to the domain with the same password.Ī roaming user profile is a user profile that has been stored on a network share.

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