setting up roaming profiles

[Tony]

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Hi all,

I have a WinXP machine that is hosting a cable internet connection for two
Win2K machines. I'd like to host roaming profiles for the Win2K machines on
the XP machine so my kids can use either PC. Is there any info on exactly
how to go about setting this up?

I tried copying the profiles onto the XP machine and setting the network
file location as the roaming profile location, but that alone doesn't seem
to work. Also tried making those locations shared folders and mounting them
on the Win2K machines, then making the mounted drives the profile folders,
but that didn't work either.

Tony

 

[Guest]

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Hi - you can't use roaming profiles unless you have a domain....but you can
set up identical profiles on each computer for each user account. Workgroups
don't use a centralized account database - it's all per-machine.

Tony wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a WinXP machine that is hosting a cable internet connection
> for two Win2K machines. I'd like to host roaming profiles for the
> Win2K machines on the XP machine so my kids can use either PC. Is
> there any info on exactly how to go about setting this up?
>
> I tried copying the profiles onto the XP machine and setting the
> network file location as the roaming profile location, but that alone
> doesn't seem to work. Also tried making those locations shared
> folders and mounting them on the Win2K machines, then making the
> mounted drives the profile folders, but that didn't work either.
>
> Tony

 

[Tony]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

So is there any way of synchronising the profiles between the two machines,
or else hosting them on a single shared network folder?

Tony

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> Hi - you can't use roaming profiles unless you have a domain....but you
can
> set up identical profiles on each computer for each user account.
Workgroups
> don't use a centralized account database - it's all per-machine.
>
> Tony wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a WinXP machine that is hosting a cable internet connection
> > for two Win2K machines. I'd like to host roaming profiles for the
> > Win2K machines on the XP machine so my kids can use either PC. Is
> > there any info on exactly how to go about setting this up?
> >
> > I tried copying the profiles onto the XP machine and setting the
> > network file location as the roaming profile location, but that alone
> > doesn't seem to work. Also tried making those locations shared
> > folders and mounting them on the Win2K machines, then making the
> > mounted drives the profile folders, but that didn't work either.
> >
> > Tony
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

Not profiles, no, not that I know of. For that you need a domain.

Tony wrote:
> So is there any way of synchronising the profiles between the two
> machines, or else hosting them on a single shared network folder?
>
> Tony
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:One6ZG8OEHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi - you can't use roaming profiles unless you have a domain....but
>> you can set up identical profiles on each computer for each user
>> account. Workgroups don't use a centralized account database - it's
>> all per-machine.
>>
>> Tony wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a WinXP machine that is hosting a cable internet connection
>>> for two Win2K machines. I'd like to host roaming profiles for the
>>> Win2K machines on the XP machine so my kids can use either PC. Is
>>> there any info on exactly how to go about setting this up?
>>>
>>> I tried copying the profiles onto the XP machine and setting the
>>> network file location as the roaming profile location, but that
>>> alone doesn't seem to work. Also tried making those locations shared
>>> folders and mounting them on the Win2K machines, then making the
>>> mounted drives the profile folders, but that didn't work either.
>>>
>>> Tony