Win 95 Policy Files

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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.
>