Hi all....an extreme novice here......can anyone tell me what the netlogon and sysvol folders are for since they appear to be shared already. Also is there any way to associate a folder on the server (eg c:\users\username) with a user so that when they log in from any workstation (running XP PRO)the folder appears in 'my computer' Thanks in advance

The answer to your first question can be found at microsoft's web site. To answer your second question, yes. In the Profile tab of the users property sheet you can specify a drive letter and drive for the user's home folder. Just remember, you have to manually create that folder.

Hi Thanks for that. I've already specified this though. What I've done so far is to create a folder on the server called 'users' in which there are a number of folders with exactly the same name as the user name with permissions set so that only the user and the admin can have full access.......NO PROBLEM I thought because it all worked........BUT the trouble is that you have to navigate to that folder in XP when you want to save or open something in it and that means clicking numerous times.........NO PROBLEM I thought........I'll just map a drive letter to the folder..........BUT.....when you log on with another user the mapped drive doesn't exist or when you log on to a different workststion the mapped drive doesn't exist!!!!!............HELP!!!!

Use a logon script (put it in the folder Netlogon and configure your users account to use it) with this command line: NET USE U: \\SERVER\users\%username% where SERVER is the name of your server.

Thanks......this sounds really good but how do I write a script and where do I put the command NET USE......does it not mean you have to map a drive (u: above) to the server which brings us neatly back to the original problem.......thanks again

Has I understood you have a share on your server \\SERVER\USERS with folders having the same name as your users account. And you want to connect your user named Bitsol to \\SERVER\USERS\BITSOL using a lettre in his "My Computer". Here I used U:\ but it can be what you want. In your Active Directory server go to c:\winnt\sysvol\sysvol\yourdomaine\scripts, right click and select "New"-"Text Document" rename this txt file to netlogon.bat. Your PC ask if you are sure want to change the extension, say YES. Right click Netlogon.bat "Edit" and type : "NET USER U: \\SERVER\users\%username%" Save and close netlogon.bat. Here it is you've just created a logon script. Now go to AD users and computers and for each users add NETLOGON.BAT to "logon Script" in the Profile tab.

thanks very much Mike and all for your help. I've now only got one problem left and that's how to set a user up any user with a roaming profile. Cheers Pete