stupid profile question

Do you want to let the users keep changes they make to their desktops? If not you can enforce a Manditory Profile. There's a hidden file called Ntuser.dat, once you finish making all the settings you want, log off as that user and logon as the administrator. Go to the c:\documents and settings\username directory and rename ntuser.dat to ntuser.man then you can copy this file to apply the mandatory user profile to any other user or group. There are 3rd party tools available but I'm not familiar with them.

Later

CWL,

The best way to do this is to to copy the directory contents under c:\documents and settings\your_user_name to c:\documents and settings\default user.

Then when a user logs on to the machine for the first time they will get this default profile, which they will then be able to modify as they wish.

Similarly, if you a user called Fred has previously logged on you can copy the contents of the directory into c:\documents and settings\fred and he will have the new profile the next time he logs on.

Regards,

JB.

You need to set up the profile to roam or the other PCs will not be able to use it. If they can't see it on the network it wont load.

1. Share a folder as "roaming" on a single computer that all the clients can see. Make sure that the permissionsfor Share and NTFS allow users-full control.
2. Create a new folder inside the roaming folder called "man1"(or whatever you want).
3. Go to the machine you have configured exactly as you want it. Log on as administrator (domain).
4. Right-click the "My Computer" icon and choose the "User Profiles" tab. You should see the user account in the list.
5. Highlight the user account you configured perfectly and choose the "Copy To" button.
6. In the "Copy Profile To" box you need to put the path to "man1" inside the "roaming" share. Use the "Browse" button and browse the network to find it. (Note the path for step 10)
7. Where it says "Permitted to Use" you need to hit the "Change" button and add the "Users" group (or Domain Users). If you do not perform this step the profile will give errors when the user tries to log on. Notice that the profile can be used by a single user only by default.
8. Hit the "OK" button to copy the profile to the shared folder.
9. Rename the ntuser.dat file in the "man1" folder to ntuser.man (make sure your file extensions aren't hidden).
10. Open Active Directory Users and Computers and open the properties for each user you want to use the profile. On the "Profile" tab add the path you noted in step6 to the "Profile Path" box. This will point the user account to the network share for its profile.
11. Log on as the user to test the profile.