Re: Single Desktop?

Dave Cousineau ( Sahuagin )
<DaveCousineauSahuagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ok excellent so I have read up on default profiles. very nice to know
about. now I can go to a computer, setup emails, copy the profile to
be the default, and then no matter which login is used, they will
have access to the same outlook profiles that i setup.

Ouch. No, don't do that. Keep the default profile very clean! Why would you
want each user to have this? Each user should have his/her *own* mail
profile only. I use the default profile (copied to one of my DCs -
\\server\netlogon\Default User) only to control things like power settings,
Windows explorer view settings, etc.


now a question i have is, what if there are already 10 profiles on a
computer, and I want to make a change to a workstation that affects
all of the profiles that are already made, as well as any that might
be in the future, since the default profile is only used when
profiles are first created?

Correct. Don't try to use the Default Profile for too much. You're making
life so much harder for yourself this way. One user = one profile, and each
person logs in as him/herself when using the PC. Keep it simple and this
will work better for you, and your users.

if theres a way would it have something
to do with the "All Users" profile? i guess if i just wanted to put
an icon on the desktop or startmenu for everyone it wuold be easy
enough by copying it to the all users profile, but what about
something like outlook where its an application configuration?

That's why you have a customized profile per user :)



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