How to Set Up Server-Based User Profiles for Windows 95 Clients

Last reviewed: November 21, 1996
Article ID: Q150855

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server, versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article shows you how to define User Profiles for Windows 95 clients to be used in a Windows NT domain environment.

MORE INFORMATION

A User Profile consists of user-specific information contained in the file User.dat, which is one of the two files in the Windows 95 registry.

To set up User Profiles on a Windows NT network, use the following steps:

  1. Enable User Profiles on your computer running Windows 95:

        a. In Control Panel Passwords, click the User Profiles tab.
    

        b. Click to select the "Users Can Customize Their Preferences And
           Desktop Settings" option.
    

        c. In the User Profiles Settings dialog box, click the options you
           want. These options determine what will be included as part of the
           user profile.
    

        d. Shut Down and restart the computer.
    

  2. Assign a home directory to your user account(s) on the Windows NT

        domain:
    

        a. In User Manager for Domains, double-click the account(s) to which
           you want to assign a home directory.
    

        b. Click the Profiles tab and type the path for the home directory.
    

When the user logs off, Windows 95 automatically places an updated copy of the User Profile in the user's assigned home directory on the Windows NT network, in the following path: \\<logonServer>\<user's home directory>.


KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: nthowto ntsrv
Additional reference words: 3.50 3.51 95 prodnt


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Last reviewed: November 21, 1996
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