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10-25-2007
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| | Roaming User Profiles - Domain Server Setup Hello: I have a small office environment with five new Vista Ultimate computers and a Netgear NAS. Sometimes it is necessary for somebody to log into a different computer and they would like their desktop, favorites, cookies, documents folders, etc. to be available to them. My understanding is the best way to do this is with a Roaming User Profile. But to use the Roaming User Profile, I need to operate in a Domain and therefore need a Domain Server. Is there a simple way to set this up without investing in Windows Server? I know I can get part of the way there using folder redirect, but would like to have all the benifits of a Roaming User Profile. Thanks very much in advance for any help. -- Thanks, Jeff |
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10-25-2007
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| | Re: Roaming User Profiles - Domain Server Setup Hello, as far as I'm informed correctly, a domain is the requirement for a domain-wide logon -> Roaming profile, so you would need a Windows server. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Greetings, P. Di Stolfo -- //////////////////////////// http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language /////////////////////////// "Jeff_Wrench" <JeffWrench@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news  837294D-77D7-429B-A43A-90A015DA43B8@xxxxxxQuote: > Hello: > > I have a small office environment with five new Vista Ultimate computers > and > a Netgear NAS. Sometimes it is necessary for somebody to log into a > different computer and they would like their desktop, favorites, cookies, > documents folders, etc. to be available to them. My understanding is the > best way to do this is with a Roaming User Profile. But to use the > Roaming > User Profile, I need to operate in a Domain and therefore need a Domain > Server. Is there a simple way to set this up without investing in Windows > Server? I know I can get part of the way there using folder redirect, but > would like to have all the benifits of a Roaming User Profile. > > Thanks very much in advance for any help. > -- > Thanks, > Jeff |
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10-25-2007
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| | Re: Roaming User Profiles - Domain Server Setup P. Di Stolfo: Thank you so much for the information. I really appreciate the quick reply. -- Thanks, Jeff "P. Di Stolfo" wrote: Quote: > Hello, > > as far as I'm informed correctly, a domain is the requirement for a > domain-wide logon -> Roaming profile, so you would need a Windows server. > Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. > > Greetings, > P. Di Stolfo > -- > //////////////////////////// > http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language > /////////////////////////// > > "Jeff_Wrench" <JeffWrench@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news 837294D-77D7-429B-A43A-90A015DA43B8@xxxxxxQuote: > > Hello: > > > > I have a small office environment with five new Vista Ultimate computers > > and > > a Netgear NAS. Sometimes it is necessary for somebody to log into a > > different computer and they would like their desktop, favorites, cookies, > > documents folders, etc. to be available to them. My understanding is the > > best way to do this is with a Roaming User Profile. But to use the > > Roaming > > User Profile, I need to operate in a Domain and therefore need a Domain > > Server. Is there a simple way to set this up without investing in Windows > > Server? I know I can get part of the way there using folder redirect, but > > would like to have all the benifits of a Roaming User Profile. > > > > Thanks very much in advance for any help. > > -- > > Thanks, > > Jeff |
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