"Jim Matthews" wrote:
|I am setting up our first W2003 Server for development/test purposes.
|
| I would like to set it up, so that no matter who logs on (all users will
be
| administrators on that machine), they will "see" the same desktop,
programs,
| settings, etc.
|
| Is there a way to assure this ?
|
| Thanks,
|
| JM
|
|

"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
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> Setup a new user profile the way you want it, then logoff/logon as another
> user with local administrative rights and then Control Panel|System|User
> Profiles, select the profile you just setup, Copy To, Browse to
> %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Default User
> Change "Permitted to use:" to "Everyone" OK
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Jim Matthews" wrote:
> |I am setting up our first W2003 Server for development/test purposes.
> |
> | I would like to set it up, so that no matter who logs on (all users will
> be
> | administrators on that machine), they will "see" the same desktop,
> programs,
> | settings, etc.
> |
> | Is there a way to assure this ?
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | JM
> |
> |
>
>

"Jim Matthews" wrote:
| Thank You !!

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> You're welcome.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Jim Matthews" wrote:
> | Thank You !!
>
>
>

"Nick" <N***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Jim-
>
> I just want to make sure you understand that this solution will give all
> users the same initial profile but that the user profiles are seperate and
> they won't be actually using the same desktop or seeing the same icons -
> these are one time copies and will not be kept in synch with each other so
if
> User1 deletes a desktop icon User2 will still have it (barring icons in
the
> all users profile).  I wasn't sure if you needed the similarities to
persist.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
>
> "Dave Patrick" wrote:
>
> > You're welcome.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> > Microsoft Certified Professional
> > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> > http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> >
> > "Jim Matthews" wrote:
> > | Thank You !!
> >
> >
> >

"Jim Matthews" wrote:
|I was wondering about that..
|
| Yes, I need them to have a single desktop, program list, etc.
|
| That is, if user logs on and installs a program, when user 2 logs on, he
can
| use it
|
| Is this possible ?
|
| Thanks,

"Jim Matthews" wrote:

> I was wondering about that..
>
> Yes, I need them to have a single desktop, program list, etc.
>
> That is, if user logs on and installs a program, when user 2 logs on, he can
> use it
>
> Is this possible ?
>
> Thanks,
> "Nick" <N***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:442234C1-7DD8-4F68-AD5C-7FB533B3E921@microsoft.com...
> > Jim-
> >
> > I just want to make sure you understand that this solution will give all
> > users the same initial profile but that the user profiles are seperate and
> > they won't be actually using the same desktop or seeing the same icons -
> > these are one time copies and will not be kept in synch with each other so
> if
> > User1 deletes a desktop icon User2 will still have it (barring icons in
> the
> > all users profile).  I wasn't sure if you needed the similarities to
> persist.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > "Dave Patrick" wrote:
> >
> > > You're welcome.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> > > Microsoft Certified Professional
> > > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> > >
> > > "Jim Matthews" wrote:
> > > | Thank You !!
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

"Nick" <N***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Okay Jim, here's how you do that:
>
> -  On the machine that will be shared open Computer Management and create
> the user accounts (I'm assuming there's no domain)
> -  On the machine the users will be sharing create a folder named profile
> (or whatever you want) and share it out.
> -  make sure the users all have full control of the profile folder in the
> share and ntfs permissions.
> -  on the security tab of the profile folder click advanced and then click
> the owner tab - highlight the administrators group in the list (must be
the
> group) and click ok to make them the owner.
> -  Go back to Computer management and on each user account go to
properties,
> profile tab and in profile path type \\localmachine\profile (where
> localmachine is the name of the local computer).
>
> What this does is set all the users to use the same 'roaming' profile,
> however because it's local you won't have a performance hit (and you
> shouldn't see any difference between this 'roaming' profile and a local
one.
>
> Keep in mind there will not be multiple copies of the profile so if a user
> deletes something from their desktop it will be gone from everyone's
desktop
> also.
>
> Thanks and I Hope this helps.
>
> Nick
>
> "Jim Matthews" wrote:
>
> > I was wondering about that..
> >
> > Yes, I need them to have a single desktop, program list, etc.
> >
> > That is, if user logs on and installs a program, when user 2 logs on, he
can
> > use it
> >
> > Is this possible ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > "Nick" <N***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:442234C1-7DD8-4F68-AD5C-7FB533B3E921@microsoft.com...
> > > Jim-
> > >
> > > I just want to make sure you understand that this solution will give
all
> > > users the same initial profile but that the user profiles are seperate
and
> > > they won't be actually using the same desktop or seeing the same
icons -
> > > these are one time copies and will not be kept in synch with each
other so
> > if
> > > User1 deletes a desktop icon User2 will still have it (barring icons
in
> > the
> > > all users profile).  I wasn't sure if you needed the similarities to
> > persist.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > > "Dave Patrick" wrote:
> > >
> > > > You're welcome.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> > > > Microsoft Certified Professional
> > > > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> > > >
> > > > "Jim Matthews" wrote:
> > > > | Thank You !!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >