Settings change when logged into the Windows Server 2003 Domain

Question

Hi all,

Recently I built a client server network with Windows Server 2003 installed in the server, and all the clients are running on Windows XP Professional.

My problem is when a user logs into the domain he cannot see the local settings he was used to have (wallpaper, shortcuts everything is changed thus forcing the user to customize the look again. Is there any method that I can use to replicate the local settings into the domain environment?

Answer 1

Try creating a roaming profile for your users.

Good luck!

Answer 2

The user "from local machine" is different from the user from domain.

As far as the windows system is concerned these are 2 completely different people... Just as John Doe is different that John Smith.

If you want to duplicate a profile from one user to another:

Right-click on "My Computer" go to properties.

I'm at a loss at the moment... check the different tabs until you see a button for "user profiles"...  For the life of me I can't remember which tab it's under... but it will be on a page with 3 different "Sections" on it...  (you need to do this as administrator) but first You will have to have logged into the network as the user you want to "copy TO", then log off... and on as administrator (from the domain)

Then go to the properties, and tab, and "profiles"

Click on the "local user" (the one you want to copy) and click on the "copy" button..

You will then browse to where you want to copy the profile TO...

c:\documents and settings\   locate the user in there... You will see (using john as an example)  1 directory called "John" and another likely called john.domain  click on john."domain" and then click the copy command...  Once copied, log off, and log on as john from the domain.

The reason you have to log in once as "john from the domain" is to create that directory structure so you can select it to do the copy to.

Sorry, but I'm on my linux box and don't have a windows machine here to take a look to tell you the exact wording, but you shouldn't have any problems.

Answer 3

go to start- Run- and type there GPEDIT.MSC, now group policy window will appear. now explore user configuration window-windows explorer-change some settings