Introduction to Desktop Management
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User Settings Management is used to set Group Policy settings that define customizations and restrictions that must be applied to the operating system, desktop environment, and software for each user, including language settings, custom dictionaries, accessibility, desktop configurations, and other user preferences and restrictions.
By using User Settings Management, you can centrally define computing environments for organized groups of users and computers and grant or deny users the ability to do any further customization. When users have permission, they can customize the style and default settings of their computing environment to suit their needs and work habits.
By having IntelliMirror features enabled, you can restore user settings if a computer fails and ensure that a user's desktop settings follow the user if he or she roams to another computer.
User settings follow users because IntelliMirror uses Group Policy and roaming user profiles to store all important user settings.
When you manage user settings by using roaming user profiles and compatible applications, you ensure that only vital settings are retained while temporary and local computer settings are dynamically regenerated as required. This ensures that users have the same settings on any Windows 2000–based computer to which they log on.
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The information in this chapter refers to Windows 2000 technologies that support IntelliMirror from the client perspective of Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server to Windows 2000 Professional. Client computers that are running Microsoft® Windows® 95, Microsoft® Windows® 98, and Microsoft® Windows NT® version 4.0 or earlier cannot use these IntelliMirror technologies.