Understanding User Profiles in Windows Vista
User profiles are implemented in Windows Vista in a significantly different way than they are implemented with earlier versions of Windows. Deploying roaming user profiles for Windows Vista computers therefore requires an understanding of how user profiles are implemented in Windows Vista and how this implementation is different from Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 Professional. Understanding these differences is particularly important for organizations that have mixed environments containing both Windows Vista and earlier versions of Windows, which is typically the case during a gradual desktop migration scenario.
Types of User Profiles
A user profile is a collection of folders and registry ...
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