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I have a simple network (2 machines) that may grow slightly with both
machines using Windows XP Pro. There are three users: one user with full
admin rights, and two with user rights. I want to configure the network so
that by logging onto either machine, any of the users will be working with a
single desktop and personal folders.
Is it possible to install Active Directory, set one machine as the domain,
which effectively has local profiles and folders, and the other (and any
additions) with roaming profiles and folders, using XP Pro only? If I need
to install using services from 2000 Server, or some other additional source,
what sort of licensing should I know about?
If not, when I try to set the profile path and home folder on the secondary
machine using the network path to the primary machine, I get one of two
outcomes:
Firstly, with the folder not shared, the secondary computer finds nothing,
and creates a temporary local profile which is deleted upon logoff.
Secondly, with the folder *fully* shared, the secondary computer doesn't
claim to not find it, I get no error messages, and then it effectively
creates a default user desktop (not sure about user folders).
What am I missing here?
If I only set the home folder (and leave the profile path blank), the
primary computer creates the directory, but doesn't save any of the My
Documents files or anything else in it. The secondary computer doesn't
automatically save anything there either, but it does show a mapped drive to
the folder on the primary computer, and can read and write to it normally
(full access sharing). In theory, it should (I want it to) save to what the
computer thinks is the My Documents folders for the logged in user, but save
all that information into a single place where all the users' information is
stored on the primary computer, so that the workstation doesn't matter, and
access to and backup of files is easy.
Thank you in advance,
Chris
I have a simple network (2 machines) that may grow slightly with both
machines using Windows XP Pro. There are three users: one user with full
admin rights, and two with user rights. I want to configure the network so
that by logging onto either machine, any of the users will be working with a
single desktop and personal folders.
Is it possible to install Active Directory, set one machine as the domain,
which effectively has local profiles and folders, and the other (and any
additions) with roaming profiles and folders, using XP Pro only? If I need
to install using services from 2000 Server, or some other additional source,
what sort of licensing should I know about?
If not, when I try to set the profile path and home folder on the secondary
machine using the network path to the primary machine, I get one of two
outcomes:
Firstly, with the folder not shared, the secondary computer finds nothing,
and creates a temporary local profile which is deleted upon logoff.
Secondly, with the folder *fully* shared, the secondary computer doesn't
claim to not find it, I get no error messages, and then it effectively
creates a default user desktop (not sure about user folders).
What am I missing here?
If I only set the home folder (and leave the profile path blank), the
primary computer creates the directory, but doesn't save any of the My
Documents files or anything else in it. The secondary computer doesn't
automatically save anything there either, but it does show a mapped drive to
the folder on the primary computer, and can read and write to it normally
(full access sharing). In theory, it should (I want it to) save to what the
computer thinks is the My Documents folders for the logged in user, but save
all that information into a single place where all the users' information is
stored on the primary computer, so that the workstation doesn't matter, and
access to and backup of files is easy.
Thank you in advance,
Chris
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