User Profiles

1. User Profiles

2. User Profiles • A collection of desktop and environmental configurations for a specific user or group of users. • Computer maintains profile for each user who has logged on except for guests

3. User Profiles Include • Application data – a folder containing user specific data for applications such • Custom dictionaries for word processing • Junk sender lists for email clients • Cookies – a folder of cookies accepted by the user thought the browser. • Desktop – a folder containing all of the items displayed on the desktop.

4. User Profiles Include • Favorites – a folder that contains the URL’s from Internet Explorer • Local Settings – a folder containing setting that do not roam. There are four sub-folders • Application data – contains machine specific application data. • History – contains user’s Internet Explorer browser history • Temp – folder that contains temporary files created by applications • Temporary Internet Files – folder contains the offline cache for Internet Explorer.

5. User Profiles Include • My Documents – the default target folder for the My Documents short cut. • NetHood – a folder that contains the shortcuts appearing in My Network Places. • PrintHood - a folder that contains the shortcuts found in the printers and fax folder • My Recent Documents – a folder containing links to recently used documents.

6. User Profiles Include • Sent To – a folder of user-specific used in the send to command found on the menu when right clicking of files or folders. • Start Menu – a folder containing the user specific start menu layout • Temples – a folder containing user specific temples

7. User Profiles Include • Ntuser.dat – a file containing registry information specific to the user. • Ntuser.dat.log – a transaction log that the user profile can be recreated from in the event of a system failure. • Ntuers.ini – a file containing user related setting.

8. Local Profiles • Set of specifications and preferences for an individual user • Created the first time the user logs on to the computer. • When a user makes changes to the profile only the local profile is affected.

9. Roaming Profiles • Resides on the network server. • Made available to the any computer that the user logs on to. • Windows makes a local copy of the profile the first time the user logs on the computer. • If the user makes changes to the local copy, those changes are merged into the server copy.