Tuesday, October 9, 2007

New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Part 3 - Creating and Working With Default Domain Profiles

Part 3 - Creating and Working With Default Domain Profiles - view details
The first time a user logs in, their profile is created. If you view the installed profiles, you will see the "Default User" profile in the c:\Documents and Settings\ folder (Windows XP/2003). As you learned in part two of this series (How to Setup a Default Local Profile in Windows 2003), this is the profile used when a user logs in for the first time who has no profile. This video shows you how to create your default profile for your Windows domain so that you have a constent default profile across your entire Active Directory.

Highlights from this video:
  • How to force a company standard profile
    • When a user logs in for the first time, they receive the company's standard desktop instead of a blank desktop
  • How to force users to receive a new default profile upon next login
and much more


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Keywords Associated with this video: user management, Profile management, windows profiles