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by elemkar

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IBM T20 notebook with Windows 2000 using a local profile authenticating to a domain and a local profile logging on to the notebook. A Lucent Orinoco wireless NIC is used when connected to the domain and card is removed when just logged onto the laptop. My problem is this: When my CEO uses the notebook on the plane (local profile logged onto the notebook) then connects to our network using the wirless NIC, his profile is wiped; Windows 2000 thinks he is a new user logging onto the notebook. Batch files are used under a third local account to backup and restore the wiped profile. Microsoft has not provided any useful help.

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by mphoffar

It sounds as if you using roaming profiles with your network. I'm just uncertain as to why you're using a domain login and a login for the machine.

After the person logs in, you probobly want to log in as the administrator of the local machineand set his profile to be local (instead of roaming)

The will accomplish two things. He won't have a profile that'll want to download from the network...which is probobly what's wiping what he had there before and the other thing, he can now logonto his machine just as if he were logged into the network using cached settings. Of coarse there wouldn't be network resrouces available until he either establishes a dialup or the wireless link, but he would still be able to get to his desktop and do some work.

Mark

by elemkar

All profiles used on the notebook are set to local. The local administrator logon was copied and renamed to that of my CEO. The domain profile is used for connecting to network resorces and the changed local administrator login is used while he isoff-line; sitting in airplane using email. When he needs to connect to the network to access network resources he puts his wireless card in and logs onto the network, but his profile is wiped.

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