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Roaming Profile in Windows 2000

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by merv307 1 view

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I'm trying to create a roaming profile for 1 user. I have a Windows 2000 Server with windows 2000 workstations. I read articles' 302082 and 142682 from the microsoft knowledge base on how to create roaming profiles. Still I can't get it going. Article 302082 talk about renaming a *.dat file, that i cannot find. Can someone point me to an article or help me create this roaming profile?

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by lcampbell

Just a thought, but, does the user profile your trying to create have appropriate permissions for the network shared folder that its profile is residing in?
Are you getting any errors?

by lcampbell

You only need to rename the ntuser.dat to ntuser.man if you want this to be a mandatory profile.
Otherwise, just leave it the way it is. That in itself will not affect whether the profile will work or not.

by ultrascsi3000

1.create a shared folder on a server.
2.Create a subfolder with the users username.
3.Make sure you grant the user full control to the folder.
4.log into the users computer as an admin.
5.use the profile wizard to copy the users local profile to the new user folder on the server.
6. on the profile tab of the user object, configure the roaming profile path. \\servername\share\username
your done.
Now the user can log into any member box NT4 or higher and have their roaming profile.

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