Network User Profiles Not Supported on Real-Mode Networks

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

Server-based user profiles do not work on a computer running only a real- mode network client.

CAUSE

You must use a 32-bit network client and a network operating system that supports the creation of home directories to use server-based user profiles.

RESOLUTION

Install a 32-bit protected-mode network client.

MORE INFORMATION

You can store user profiles (user-specific information) on a local computer or a network server. Using user profiles allows multiple users to use a single computer and retain their individual settings, or to log on to the network from any computer and use the same desktop settings.

Storing user profiles on a network server requires:

• 32-bit protected-mode client services that support automatic download and update of user profiles.
• A network operating system that supports the creation of home directories. The protected-mode client network services included with Windows 95 download and update user profiles from the following directories:

      - Microsoft Client for Microsoft Networks:
  

           \\primary domain controller\user's home directory
  
      - Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks:
  
           \\preferred server\sys\mail\user_id
  
  

• Profiles stored on a Windows NT 3.x server on workstations running the Microsoft Client for Microsoft Networks.
• Profiles stored on a Novell NetWare server, with Windows 95-based workstations running the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks.
• Profiles stored on other network operating systems that support the creation of home directories and supply their own 32-bit client services.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Windows 95 "Resource Kit," pages 477-489