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December 01, 1997 08:01 PM

Profiles, Policies, and Logon Scripts

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Gregg Branham, Jon McDonald
Windows IT Pro
InstantDoc ID #466
Use these tools to define the user environment
Some of the most puzzling aspects of Windows NT are user profiles, policies, and logon scripts. Each tool helps you control a user's desktop environment. Profiles provide an easy mechanism for changing NT 4.0's user interface, including attributes such as wallpaper and shortcuts to common applications. System policies are new to NT 4.0. They provide for detailed user-environment controls, such as locking users out of th...

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Great article on the basics, but what avenue would you pursue to roll out 5000 XP clients in an NT environment with roaming profiles.

I would like to use mandatory profiles for the new XP clients, but I must at the same time maintain the availability of the NT Profile for clients that will roam from an NT PC to an XP PC?

Nick Kachadoorian 3/10/2004 6:55:31 AM

Dear sir/Madam,
I would like to know that where should I save the policy file i.e ntconfig.pol on a stand alone XP machine.
Please provide me the solution.
Thanks ...M.Saini

Fine 3/3/2004 3:36:42 AM

Dear sir/Madam,
I would like to know that where should I save the policy file i.e ntconfig.pol on a stand alone XP machine.
Please provide me the solution.
Thanks

Fine 3/3/2004 3:36:42 AM

Very informative I will apply the information for my solution on Monday on a PC where a user is getting a roaming profile every time he logs on.

Victor Chisembele 10/17/2003 9:29:19 AM

very well presented

Well done!

ade 4/20/2000 2:46:59 PM

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