February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
23h 11m
English
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Roaming Profiles
One benefit of the centralized authentication of Windows NT domains is that a user can log on from more than just one computer. To help users feel more “at home” when logged on at a computer other than their usual one, Microsoft has added the ability for users’ personal settings to “roam” from one computer to another.
All Windows versions can be configured individually for each user of the computer. Windows NT/2000/XP supports the ability to handle multiple user accounts, and Windows 95/98/Me can be configured for use by multiple users, keeping the configuration settings for each user separate. Each user can configure the computer’s settings to her liking, and the system saves these settings as the user’s profile, such that upon logging on to the system, the user is presented with her familiar desktop.
Some of the settings, such as folder options or the image used for the desktop background, are held in the registry. Others, including the documents and folders appearing on the desktop and the contents of the Start menu, are stored as folders and files in the filesystem.
When the profile is stored on the local system, it is called a
local profile
. On Windows NT, local profiles are
stored in C:\winnt\profiles. On Windows 2000/XP,
they can be found in C:\Documents and Settings.
On Windows 95/98/Me, when configured for a single user
(the default case), the local profile is scattered in places such as
the registry and directories such as
C:\Windows\Desktop and
C:\Windows\Start ...
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