New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Part 1 - An Explanation and Introduction to Windows Profiles

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When a user logs into Windows, their 'profile' is loaded. If you were to load up your profile folders, you would see all of the files and folders needed to make your experience 'personal'. This video, part one in our series on Windows Profiles, shows you the basics of the profile, where profiles are stored, and what the differences between a few of the profile types.

Highlights from this video:

• How to determine which profile folder is actually yours
• Why are there two administrator profile folders?
• What is administrator.domainname?
  
• How to show/hide your profile folders
• What is the NTUSER.DAT file?
• How to modify the profile to add new Sent To shortcuts
• What does Windows do when a new user logs in for the first time?
  

and much more

WARNING: This video is a large, 26MB file.

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• Source: http://www.learnwindows2003.com
• Category: Security: Users, Network Shares, and Permissions
• Skill Level: 300 (Intermediate)
• Length: 11:00 (26.5MB)
• Applies to Versions: Windows 2003 - All Versions
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Keywords Associated with this video: user management, Profile management, windows profiles