User Profiles User Profiles A collection of desktop
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User Profiles
User Profiles A collection of desktop and environmental configurations for a specific user or group of users. n Computer maintains profile for each user who has logged on except for guests n
User Profiles Include n 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. n Desktop – a folder containing all of the items displayed on the desktop. n
User Profiles Include n n 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.
User Profiles Include n n My Documents – the default target folder for the My Documents short cut. Net. Hood – a folder that contains the shortcuts appearing in My Network Places. Print. Hood - a folder that contains the shortcuts found in the printers and fax folder My Recent Documents – a folder containing links to recently used documents.
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. n Start Menu – a folder containing the user specific start menu layout n Temples – a folder containing user specific temples n
User Profiles Include Ntuser. dat – a file containing registry information specific to the user. n Ntuser. dat. log – a transaction log that the user profile can be recreated from in the event of a system failure. n Ntuers. ini – a file containing user related setting. n
Local Profiles Set of specifications and preferences for an individual user n Created the first time the user logs on to the computer. n When a user makes changes to the profile only the local profile is affected. n
Roaming Profiles Resides on the network server. n Made available to the any computer that the user logs on to. n Windows makes a local copy of the profile the first time the user logs on the computer. n If the user makes changes to the local copy, those changes are merged into the server copy. n
