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NTUSER file, wich one to rename?
Name: t-bone Date: October 5, 2007 at 15:02:46 Pacific OS: win 2000 CPU/Ram: 600/256 Product: asus
Comment:
I am trying to make a mandatory profile. I copy the profile from the client computer to the network server. When I show hidden files on the shared network folder I see ONE file called NTUSER (capitalized) wich is a DAT file. But when I show hidden files from the client computer to see the hidden profiles files there are TWO NTUSER files, one is NTUSER a DAT file (icon is a piece of paper with windows icon) and the second is ntuser.dat (lowercase, a text file that has the notepad icon). Are both of these files supposed to be copied to the network server? When I do 'copy to' the one that gets copied is the NTUSER DAT file? is this the one I right click on and rename from NTUSER to NTUSER.dat? this is the only NTUSER file shown!! in the copied to folder.
Name: Curt R Date: October 7, 2007 at 07:25:43 Pacific
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Did you research "mandatory profiles" on microsoft's web site? If not, start there. It's been a long time since I played with mandatory profiles but it seems to me you have to rename the NTUSER.DAT to NTUSER.MAN
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Name: t-bone Date: October 8, 2007 at 15:38:15 Pacific
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I know all about mandatory profiles, but when I go to the location were I copied the profile to on the network server I only see a file called NTUSER wich is categorized as a DAT file, but I don't see a file specifically named ntuser.dat.
Summary: Try this: Create a batch file called something like "frename.bat" with the following 2 lines: (Type the 1st line on one line): set NewFileName=%1%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%.txt Rename %1 %NewF...
Summary: I have two systems, one running win2000 and one running WinME. I have make it able to let the second computer use the internet via ICS and I can move files from the WinME (Secondary System) to Win200...
Summary: the files are probably still there unless you deleted the profile. Creating another profile doesn't overwrite or delete existing profiles so their is a good chance you can copy over the new profile. ...
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