JoAnn
09-02-2002, 10:41 AM
Hi! I need your expertise on a dilemma that I'm having on my Win2000
workstations in an AD domain.
I'm using Group Policy for logon scripts, account policies, locking down the workstation
for certain users, etc. The problem that I'm having seems to be with the local profile on
the workstations. When I setup and configure a workstation, one of the final steps I take
is to copy my profile (the desktop is arranged how I want it for the users) to the local
default user. Recently, I've made some name changes on a member server and changed
some mappings as well as tweaking some printer settings on the local workstation. I
modified the logon script in Group Policy to reflect the member server and mapping
changes. However, if there was already a local profile on the workstation, those users did
not get any of these changes. This was surprising, because I thought Group Policy would
handle the logon script changes and I also thought any printer changes would be a global
change for all users. The only way I found to resolve these issues was to delete all the
local profiles on the workstation and this certainly could get a little resource intensive.
#1 - How can I always make sure the user will get any changes made without having to
visit each workstation to remove any local profiles? Would copying the default profile to
a server help solve this problem (\severnameprofilesdefault user)? I really don't want to
have roaming profiles, because all users (with the exception of managers and admins) will
have the same desktop, so there is no need to take up extra space on the server and
bandwidth.
#2 - I do; however, want to delete cached copies of profiles - can this only be done on
roaming profiles? Note: I have multiple users signing on to the same workstations
(different shifts) and would like to avoid having a many profiles and using unnecessary
disk space.
#3 - I want the managers and admins (including myself) to freely be able to customize
their desktops, so would I have to use roaming profiles for them?
Any recommendation for solutions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
JoAnn
workstations in an AD domain.
I'm using Group Policy for logon scripts, account policies, locking down the workstation
for certain users, etc. The problem that I'm having seems to be with the local profile on
the workstations. When I setup and configure a workstation, one of the final steps I take
is to copy my profile (the desktop is arranged how I want it for the users) to the local
default user. Recently, I've made some name changes on a member server and changed
some mappings as well as tweaking some printer settings on the local workstation. I
modified the logon script in Group Policy to reflect the member server and mapping
changes. However, if there was already a local profile on the workstation, those users did
not get any of these changes. This was surprising, because I thought Group Policy would
handle the logon script changes and I also thought any printer changes would be a global
change for all users. The only way I found to resolve these issues was to delete all the
local profiles on the workstation and this certainly could get a little resource intensive.
#1 - How can I always make sure the user will get any changes made without having to
visit each workstation to remove any local profiles? Would copying the default profile to
a server help solve this problem (\severnameprofilesdefault user)? I really don't want to
have roaming profiles, because all users (with the exception of managers and admins) will
have the same desktop, so there is no need to take up extra space on the server and
bandwidth.
#2 - I do; however, want to delete cached copies of profiles - can this only be done on
roaming profiles? Note: I have multiple users signing on to the same workstations
(different shifts) and would like to avoid having a many profiles and using unnecessary
disk space.
#3 - I want the managers and admins (including myself) to freely be able to customize
their desktops, so would I have to use roaming profiles for them?
Any recommendation for solutions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
JoAnn