Re: Single Desktop?

"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 get what you're saying and i appreciate your advice but we are not very
organized or strict here when it comes to computers. computer security is
seen as an annoyance. i have to make things as easy and simple as possible as
i can. multiple people need to be able to sit down at this computer and
immediately access their personal email regardless of who logged in. if i
setup everyone's email that was accessible only under their own particular
login, i would be getting complaints about people not having their email
setup yet. (since they sit down at the computer, run outlook, and dont see a
drop down list with their name in it.) people would consider it too much of a
hindrance to have to switch users just to look at mail.

i guess i could point out that this is an amusement park, so its not like a
normal office setting, our seasonal staff is mostly high school and college
students, and everyone is constantly on the go when we are open. it can get
quite hectic. that is why a person should be able to come to this computer,
sit down, check email, and leave without having to worry about logins and
things.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

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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