Customizing Windows 95 with Profiles and Policy Files

You can predefine settings in user profiles and system policy files to control user actions. For example:

• You can enforce a mandatory desktop configuration by installing a mandatory user profile (USER.MAN) in users' home directories. (On NetWare networks, this is the MAIL subdirectory for each user.)
• You can control the user's security privileges, network access, and desktop configuration if you install system policy files on the logon server. This is the PUBLIC directory on a NetWare server or the NETLOGON directory on the primary domain controller for a Windows NT domain.

To take advantage of these features in Windows 95, you must define the user profile and system policy settings to be used. Then place these files in the appropriate directories before users run Windows 95 Setup. When users log on to Windows 95, the profiles and policies will be used automatically.

For information about creating and using user profiles and system policy files, see Chapter 15, "User Profiles and System Policies." For an example of setup script statements that enable user profiles, group policies, and remote administration, see Appendix D, "MSBATCH.INF Parameters."