[Samba] Re: Creating mandatory profiles (not making profiles mandatory)

[John H Terpstra]

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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