roaming profile compatibility between win2000 and winXP

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joe l.

I am administering a domain with a couple of dozen windows
2000 systems and several windows 2000 servers. I have
roaming profiles implemented for all users without home
folders or folder re-direction.
One time I have tried adding a windows xp system to the
domain, but after a user logged in on the XP workstation
it appeared to have corrupted his roaming profile which I
ended up having to restore from backup. Right now I am
once again considering adding a windows XP system to the
network, so I was wandering whether a user can safely roam
between a windows 2000 and a windows xp system without
messing up his roaming user profile? It appeared to me
that this is not the case, but I want to be sure of that.
What is a good way to implement roaming profiles in a
domain which has both windows 2000 and windows xp
workstations?
Thank you for your suggestions,

Joe
 
joe said:
I am administering a domain with a couple of dozen windows
2000 systems and several windows 2000 servers. I have
roaming profiles implemented for all users without home
folders or folder re-direction.
One time I have tried adding a windows xp system to the
domain, but after a user logged in on the XP workstation
it appeared to have corrupted his roaming profile which I
ended up having to restore from backup. Right now I am
once again considering adding a windows XP system to the
network, so I was wandering whether a user can safely roam
between a windows 2000 and a windows xp system without
messing up his roaming user profile? It appeared to me
that this is not the case, but I want to be sure of that.
What is a good way to implement roaming profiles in a
domain which has both windows 2000 and windows xp
workstations?
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Simple answer: Don't let users roam between different OS versions. Their
profiles are not compatible. Best to get everyone on the same version...same
SP level, and same software build in general.
 
Bingo!

Cary

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Simple answer: Don't let users roam between different OS versions. Their
profiles are not compatible. Best to get everyone on the same version...same
SP level, and same software build in general.
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