Configuring user profiles from Windows 2000 and Windows XP clients

 

Windows® 2000 and Windows XP clients provide more flexibility with roaming profiles. By default, the client attempts to download the user's roaming profile from the server. If the client does not attempt to do this, ensure that the profile is set to Roaming to use the support.

To configure user profiles as a logged-on administrator, follow these steps:

For Windows 2000:

  1. Click Start and select Settings > Control Panel.

  2. Double-click System.

  3. Click the User Profiles tab.

  4. Select the user profile and click Change Type.

For Windows XP:

  1. Click Start> Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Performance and Maintenance.

  3. Double-click System.

  4. Click the Advanced tab.

  5. In the User Profiles section, click Settings.

  6. Select the user profile and click Change Type.

You can also copy an existing Windows user profile to the server to prime the roaming user profile for a user. From the User profile dialog box you opened in the previous procedures, click the Copy to button. Locally cached profiles (preferences and settings) can be replicated to the logon server just as you would copy user folders from \Windows\Profiles for Windows 98. Make sure you are copying the profiles into the folder that the NT clients will load them from. If you are migrating multiple profiles from an NT server to an i5/OS® logon server, then it will probably be more efficient to copy over the entire \WINNT\Profiles folder.

By default, clients with the IBM Network Primary Logon Client for Windows (IPLC) attempt to load or store roaming profiles in the Profiles subdirectory of the user's home directory. To override this behavior, you can change the configured user profile path by completing the following steps:

For Windows 2000:

  1. Click Start and select Settings> Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Administrative Tools.

  3. Double-click Computer Management.

  4. Expand Local Users and Groups.

  5. Click the Users folder to display the list of users.

  6. Double-click the user and select the Profile tab.

  7. Specify the profile path.

  8. Click OK.

For Windows XP:

  1. Click Start and select Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Performance and Maintenance.

  3. Double-click Administrative Tools.

  4. Double-click Computer Management.

  5. Double-click the user and select the Profile tab.

  6. Specify the profile path.

  7. Click OK.

The profile path is typically specified in the following form at \\logonserver\profilesShare\profileDirectory

 

Parent topic:

Roaming profiles