Windows 2000 profiles

rymus

Im setting about creating a few profiles for Windows 2000 users... I havent done this in absolutely ages so I'm a little confused. I want to create a profile that is read-only, or in other words any changes that the user has made (screen savers, desktop icons, files saved locally, wallpapaer etc) will be wiped once the user logs off. If I remember correctly this is called a mandatory profile... and seeing as this profile will be stored on a domain controller it would be a mandatory roaming profile.

I could spend a few days farting about with trial & error or just ask the good people of boards If anyone knows of a website or websites that could help me or can provide any advice please let me know.

thanks in advance.

MarVeL

TechNet and NTFAQ are both quite good for this. IIRC you just need to set the extension for ntuser.dat to .man. Then again I may be thinking of NT4. (sound of feet running away to check)

(sound of feet running back)Yes that works on 2000 as well. Here's the article that details the process

Technet article

rymus

yeah did a bit of looking around and .dat to .man seems to do the trick nicely... thanks for the links too btw. Gotta look into creating a few logon scripts now

(just noticed I put this thread on the wrong board )

ozpass

I you're using a domain controller (you mention login scripts) it'd be a much better idea to implement a system policy [ntconfig.pol] (it's a more dynamic process).

If you need any .adm files for policy editor (including some funky ones I wrote myself for hiding certain drives) just give me a shout.

3 years of MS network installations in schools and colleges has left me with a few security tips & tricks.

There's another trick you can do with a 'dummy' roaming profile that stops the machine caching any and all local profile information......

MarVeL

You can also prevent roaming profile caching locally with a quick tweak in the registry. This link goes through the process

http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=15393