[Samba] Re: Creating mandatory profiles (not making profiles
mandatory)
John H Terpstra
jht at samba.org
Thu Feb 3 16:21:27 GMT 2005
Ilia,
It seems to me that the conclusion to this thread is that the advice to keep
the profiles separate for each Windows platform is GOOD advice. The use of
the %a parameter in the profiles path is not a bad idea.
Thanks for the feedback.
Cheers,
John T.
On Thursday 03 February 2005 09:11, Ilia Chipitsine wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 February 2005 01:04, Ilia Chipitsine wrote:
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> >>> |> 5) make sure you are using the same version of Windows on all
> >>> |> computers. w2k <--> xp can also break many things in profile
> >>>
> >>> Use %a in your path names to fix this. %a will be replaced with the
> >>> architecture of your system, i.e. Win2K,WinXP,WinNT etc. etc.
> >>
> >> hmm, people usually expect to see the same profile even under different
> >> OSes. it will be pain in the ass especially if You have hundreds users.
> >
> > It may be a PITA but we have to face up to the facts, MS Windows profiles
> > are NOT compatible across OS versions. A Windows NT4 profile is not
> > compatible with 2KP or XPP - while it is possibile to "upgrade" you can
> > forget backwards compatibility. Windows 9x/Me v's NT4/2KP/XPP are
> > completely different and can not be shared.
> >
> > What precisely do you mean by "expect to see the same profile"? How have
> > you
>
> 1) redirected folders (like My Documents, for instance)
>
> 2) registry settings like HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office (in order to run
> MS Outlook) and so on, not entire HKCU hive, but at least some important
> (for their software) things.
>
> > achieved this in the past? Your comments have peaked my curiosity. Maybe
> > I am missing something that is important.
>
> I used to run mixed XP/w2k environment for months and it was pretty well
> with exchanging profiles across those systems. the only issue I recall that
> I had to install MS Office XP (or later) in order to have that damn
> cftmon.exe on w2k machines as well.
>
> so,
>
> w2k/xp - good combination
>
> nt4/xp - bad combination
> nt4/w2k - bad combination
> 9x/nt-based - bad combination
>
> it is possible to "upgrade" nt4 profile to w2k or xp, system picks up
> profile, but reverse change seems to be impossible.
>
> > - John T.
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