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justinclay User is Offline

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04/18/2008 1:57 PM
Can anyone recommend any good articles on the changes to the user profiles in Vista/2008 Server? I've spent some time searching and I haven't found anything so far that really dives into the differences between the new profile structure and the old 2000/XP-style one. Thanks you, Justin Clay

tech4steve User is Offline

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04/18/2008 2:17 PM
check out http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/a/3ba6d659-6e39-4cd7-b3a2-9c96482f5353/Managing%20Roaming%20User%20Data%20Deployment%20Guide.doc snip: It is important to understand how each new user profile folder maps to its predecessor in Windows XP, to ensure complete profile interoperability between Windows Vista and Windows XP. The following table maps the new Windows Vista profile folder to its Windows XP predecessor, where applicable. ----- Original Message ----- From: Justin Clay To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 10:53 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Windows Vista/Windows 2008 user profile changes Can anyone recommend any good articles on the changes to the user profiles in Vista/2008 Server? I've spent some time searching and I haven't found anything so far that really dives into the differences between the new profile structure and the old 2000/XP-style one. Thanks you, Justin Clay

danholme

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04/18/2008 7:13 PM
Read my articles in the last two months' of Windows IT Pro magazine. If you set up your environment as described, you'll have perfect XP/Vista cohabitation. The differences in the profiles are, in sum: 1) Namespace: Vista's subfolders are quite different than XPs, but junction points support the same namespace 2) The APP DATA folder is particularly different 3) What's in the registry (as with any OS update, but even moreso with Vista) If you REDIRECT ALL FOLDERS except App Data , your "V2" profile will contain only AppData and NTUSER.DAT. That's where you want to be. Details in my articles. Feel free to ping me directly as well (dan h at intelliem <top level commercial domain> Dan Holme From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of steve patrick Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 8:16 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Windows Vista/Windows 2008 user profile changes check out http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/a/3ba6d659-6e39-4cd7-b3a2-9c9 6482f5353/Managing%20Roaming%20User%20Data%20Deployment%20Guide.doc snip: It is important to understand how each new user profile folder maps to its predecessor in Windows XP, to ensure complete profile interoperability between Windows Vista and Windows XP. The following table maps the new Windows Vista profile folder to its Windows XP predecessor, where applicable. ----- Original Message ----- From: Justin Clay <mailto:justinclay@gmail.com> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 10:53 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Windows Vista/Windows 2008 user profile changes Can anyone recommend any good articles on the changes to the user profiles in Vista/2008 Server? I've spent some time searching and I haven't found anything so far that really dives into the differences between the new profile structure and the old 2000/XP-style one. Thanks you, Justin Clay

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