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by arusty25

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We have win2k and use local profiles for all users, when I go to Mycomputer\properties\userprofiles they say local which is correct and the roaming profile option is greyed when i right click the user so i dont get an option to select roaming, how can we change the users profile to roaming which is waht we are thinking about?? is it easy?

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by ptchtech

First create a shared folder on a network server and give permision to everyone. Then on the users properties profile tab( in active directory users & computers), put in the UNC of the server share that you created into the users profile path. For example
\\servername\sharedfolder\%username%
Use %username% instead of the users name and the users profile folder will be created in the shared folder the first time they log in.
By using %username% it also makes it easier to copy and paste the UNC into each users profile path. You will know you are successful when you see the users folder appear in you servers shared folder once the user logs in. You will also see the %username% in the UNC change into the users name once it is applied.

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