Creating a New Roaming User Profile for a

Windows 95 User

If you have Windows 95 users in your domain, you can create roaming user profiles for them as well.

To create a roaming user profile for a Windows 95 user

1.On the client Windows 95-based computer, start Control Panel, and select Passwords.

2.From the User Profiles property page, enable the option that allows users to have individual profiles, and set the Primary Network Logon to Client for Microsoft Networks.

3.Reboot the client machine.

4.Use User Manager for Domains to create the user account (if it does not already exist). For the user’s home directory, specify the location where the User Profile will be stored. An example would be:

This automatically creates a folder with the user name. If a dialog box is displayed stating that the operation failed, create the folder manually be- fore continuing.

5.Decide whether the user will receive a specific profile or if a default will be used instead:

∙If the user will receive a specific profile, from the Windows 95-based computer hosting the profile to be used, copy the complete contents of the local Profile folder to the folder created in Step 4. This writes the profile to the destination, including the folder trees and the User.xxx file originally included with the profile.

∙If a default profile will be used, no administrative action is required. When the user logs on, the Default User Profile from the local Windows 95-based machine will be used. At log off, this profile will be written to the user’s home directory with any customizations the user has made.

NOTES:

∙If you need to troubleshoot problems with users not receiving their User Profiles, have the users execute the command: NET USE * /HOME from the command prompt on the client machine. This verifies that the user can access the home directory, and allows the user to verify that the User Pro- file exists in that folder.

∙The profile does not need to be stored one directory below the \\server\share. The profile can be nested several directories below, if desired.

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Windows NT 4.0 specifications

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