User Profiles

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Saif Khan

Hi,
I want to create different default user profiles for each
department. So If a new person log on from the accounting
dept. she gets the default profile for the accounting
department. Where can I find info on setting this up?

Thanks
 
Haven't played with that in awhile, but you can create a "new user" called,
say, accounting user, logon on as accounting user, and configure it like you
want them to have with group membership etc (maybe even granting them temp
admin privilages just to get it set up the way you wanted it if needed, then
remove of course). Then when a new user is hired in accounting you can just
copy it and use their name info etc.
Other wise you'll need to get into replacing the default use profile folder
on individual machines etc for "regular" profiles.

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Saif Khan said:
Hi,
I want to create different default user profiles for each
department. So If a new person log on from the accounting
dept. she gets the default profile for the accounting
department. Where can I find info on setting this up?

Thanks
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User templates and OU Organisational Units can help you pin down any details
you'ld like to include. With OUs and their linked GPOs, many of the details
you want a user to inherit can be specified.

Create OUs in AD Users and computers that mimics your organization's
structure. Create a template user in each OU and "copy to" or create
whatever profile you like. Disable the user template when satisfied. Need a
new user? right-click template, copy, rename, enable, done.

Then link a GPO to your OUs to permit inheritence of security settings for
any user that happens to become a member (including login scripts,
application deployments, security settings, etc). If "Linda" moves from the
Sales OU to the HR OU, she inherits whatever the GPO specifies in new OU.
Linda gets a free make-over.

Your fed up of administering the printer that the Sales OU uses? Great, find
out who got promoted when Linda left the department and "delegate" them
administrative permissions on the printer. Easily done since a user, a
computer, a file share or a printer queue are all objects that an OU can
hold and therefore manage for you (not to mention the delegation wizard).

If you need documents about how to link a GPO, delegate rights and other key
words, your W2K help system can get you all that info including step-by-step
procedures.
 
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