User Profiles and Folder Redirection

A user profile is a group of settings and files that defines the environment that the system loads when a user logs on. For more information about user profiles, see Chapter 12. The following guidelines can be used when planning profile configurations for users of mobile computers:

  • If the user regularly connects to the network via fast link, consider using a roaming user profile.

  • If the user rarely connects via fast link, use a local profile. By default, roaming user profiles do not roam over slow links. For example, if a user in the field generally connects via a dial-up connection, but comes into the office twice a year and connects via the LAN, a roaming profile offers little advantage because the server copy ...

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