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We have multiple users logging in the same computer.
The Novell Client window pops up and a user name and password can be entered but you must click on the Advanced Button to change the Windows NT login info because it remembers the last user. I have regedit Winnt to forget the last user but this does not work. How can I sychronize the two

Are they using roaming profiles? When the user first logs in on the machine fill in the NT login box and then tick the synchronize login check box on the NT login box.

I'm not sure what specific problem you are having... Here's some stabs at answering it.
You can have each person log in with their full context. In my case, I would log in as (some examples):
.myname.context.tree
.jsmith.student.uwplatteville
(Yes, you need the period at the beginning).
That will let you log in one shot (at least if the Tree is the same -- I'm not sure otherwise).You will have to make a seperate NT username for each if you don't want an NT login prompt (and you should synchronize the passwords) through "Admin Tools"/"User Manager", or you can create one general-purpose username, like Guest (which is there already) or some other login of your choosing.
If you want a certain login to be the default, log in with Administrative rights, then do the following:
Right Click "Network Neighborhood"
Select Properties
Double-click on "Novell Client"
Select "Location Profiles" tab
Double-click "default"
Click "Properties"
Enter the login information you want to appear every time, and then make the "Save Profile after each successful login" is unchecked.Any of this help?

You can force the NT domain information to a certain Username and Domain by editing the below keys, and then setting the permissions on the tab3 key to Everyone=READ and Administrator=READ, and removing the SYSTEM and CREATOR/OWNER permissions entirely. This doesnt really help you if you want multiple people to be able to login however. If the user does click on advanced and sets the NT username there, they will then be the default user the nextime someone logs in. However, if they do not set the name from the advanced button, and instead just type in their Novell login, they then get an NT authentication failed window, and should be able to change the NT username and password from this window. Note that if they change the name in this window, they will NOT be the default NT user nexttime.
From the Novell Knowledgebase
LOCATION PROFILES Tab:This tab configuration is dynamic for many of the components. The exact registry values for the static components is provided below, the logic for the dynamic components is provided.
List of Location Profiles
Registry Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\Location Profiles\Profile List
Registry Value: [string] 0, 1, ..., n
Default Value: N/A
Range: N/A
Client Version: Implemented in NT Client versions 4.3 and later
Description: Default Location Profiles merges the capabilities of older Novell Client add-ons to allow users to have different Login Profiles. Can also be used to distinguish between different location's network needs for roaming users. The information from the selected Location Profile is used to attempt to authenticate to NetWare/NDS.Default Login Location Profile
Registry Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\Location Profiles\Services\{1E6CEEA1-FB73-11CF-BD76-00001B27DA23}\DefaultNOTE: The location of these registry keys are dynamic (depending on what features are enabled on the Novell Client). There will be up to 5 Tabn (i.e. Tab1, Tab2, Tab3, Tab4, and Tab5) Registry keys with a different possible list of values. Each Tabn key has a "Tab" string value that gives the title of the tab (i.e. "NDS", "Bindery", "Script", "NT Credentials", or "Dialup"). Depending on what has been enabled, Script may be Tab2 for one machine and Tab3 or even Tab1 on another machine. You will need to key off what the "Tab" Registry Value is set to in order to know what Values to expect for the key.
When Tab = "NDS"
Registry Values: [dword]Clear Connections, [string]Context, [string]Server, [string]TreeWhen Tab = "Bindery"
Registry Values: [dword]Clear Connections, [string]Server
When Tab = "Script"
Registry Values: [dword]Close Results, [dword]Display Results, [dword]Login Script, [string]Profile Script, [string]Script File, [string]Variable2, [string]Variable3, [string]Variable4
When Tab = "NT Credentials"
Registry Values: [string]DefaultDomainName, [string]DefaultUserName
When Tab = "Dialup"
Registry Values: [string]Dialup Entry, [string]Dialup From, [dword]Enable RAS

Try creating NT user profile in Zen. Dynami Local User. This will allow any user to log on - single log on - to any NT workstations (well this works for Win2000 any way) You will need to have Novell workstation manager installed on client - also associate users with the policy.
Trust this helps - if you don't understand what I am talking about try Novells Forum for Zenworks - they have lots of cool ideas there

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