Q150855: How to Set Up Server-Based User Profiles for Windows 95 Clients

Article: Q150855
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): WINDOWS:95; winnt:3.5,3.51
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows 95 
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This article shows you how to define User Profiles for Windows 95 clients to be
used in a Windows NT domain environment.

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A User Profile consists of user-specific information contained in the file
User.dat, which is one of the two files in the Windows 95 registry.

To set up User Profiles on a Windows NT network, use the following steps:

1. Enable User Profiles on your computer running Windows 95:

   - In Control Panel Passwords, click the User Profiles tab.

   - Click to select the "Users Can Customize Their Preferences And Desktop
     Settings" option.

   - In the User Profiles Settings dialog box, click the options you want.
     These options determine what will be included as part of the user profile.

2. Shut Down and restart the computer.

3. Assign a home directory to your user account(s) on the Windows NT domain:

   - In User Manager for Domains, double-click the account(s) to which you want
     to assign a home directory.

   - Click the Profiles tab and type the path for the home directory.

When the user logs off, Windows 95 automatically places an updated copy of the
User Profile in the user's assigned home directory on the Windows NT network, in
the following path: \\<logonServer>\<user's home directory>.

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Version           : WINDOWS:95; winnt:3.5,3.51

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