Win 95 Policy Files
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
lkcl at switchboard.net
Fri Aug 29 14:49:35 GMT 1997
suggestion. run regedit.exe U:\some_registry_file.reg from a logon
script. each user logging in will automatically ahve the registry
updated with the entries you put in some_registry_file.reg.
luke
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Phil Docking wrote:
> Gerald W. Carter wrote:
> >
> > > On another note - in order to get roaming profiles to work on W95 with
> > > no NT server, I had to do some horrible things to the registry, which
> > > I'm not sure is (or was ever) necessary - it worked so I kept it.
> > >
> >
> > I was able to get this working ( I think ) by enableing the user
> > profiles in the password applet in the control panel and then adding the
> > key
> >
> > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon]
> > "UseHomeDirectory"=dword:00000001
> >
> > Did I miss something here? Seems to work although I am just about to
> > role of the scenario in a lab of about 50 machines.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > j-
>
>
> Yes - this should work as long as you've followed the other instructions
> from Microsofts Win95 resource kit (search on 'Maintaining Roving User
> Profiles on Other Networks') and the KB article 'Resource kit
> Documentation errors' page at
> http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q135/8/49.htm
> (relevant section summarised below)
>
> Included from Web page:
> >Page 488: Maintaining Roving User Profiles on Other Networks
> >
> > Online Help: Maintaining Roving User Profiles on Other
> > Networks
> >
> > The [Profiles] section states the following:
> >
> > [Profiles]
> > Mary=\\bigserver\homedirs\mary
> > John=\\bigserver\homedirs\john
> > Pat=\\bigserver\homedirs\pat
> >
> >
> > This section should read:
> >
> > [Profiles]
> > Mary=\\bigserver\homedirs\mary\user.dat
> > John=\\bigserver\homedirs\john\user.dat
> > Pat=\\bigserver\homedirs\pat\user.dat
> >
> >
> > The Resource Kit does not include these instructions:
> >
> > You must also add a DWORD value named "UseHomeDirectory" (without quotation
> > marks) to the following registry key:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon
> >
> > Set the data value for UseHomeDirectory to 0x00000000
> > You must also add a STRING value named "SharedProfileList" (without quotation
> > marks) to the following registry key:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon
> >
> > Set the string value to \\server\share\profiles.ini
> >
>
> I objected to having to set up a user profile for each user in the
> profiles.ini (we have a large number of students who change every year -
> and while it can be easily automated, I don't think we should have to do
> a job which ought to be included in the OS) So I directly edited the
> default user on all PCs to point to 'h:\win95pro' in which the
> user.dat/recent/programs/desktop gets stored - apart from a problem
> which means that user profile data isn't stored the first time a user
> logs in (if win95pro directory does not exist on the server) all seems
> to work well.
>
> However, if the Samba team (who are to be applauded for all their other
> work - in fact, maybe a standing ovation is in order) have managed to
> set up Samba to tell the PC that the 'Home' directory is 'Homes' then
> probably just setting
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon]"UseHomeDirectory"=dword:00000001 will
> do the trick. (I don't know - I haven't read the docs lately...)
>
> Rant:
> I don't see why MS have made Win 95/NT so complicated, particularly with
> regard to the 'all eggs in one basket' registry - why not separate files
> for each application/service/hardware with pointers in a central
> registry which can easily be rebuilt if it gets corrupted - a side
> effect would be that it would make system admins jobs a lot easier -
> which is something MS don't even seem to consider - If I had a choice of
> OS for PCs.................
> End of Rant.
>
> --
>
> -Phil Docking.
>
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