Hello,

I have a winnt 4.0 domain (can't believe people are STILL running nt4, ugggh). Workstations are running XP. Currently I have scriptlogic mapping a drive to a profiles folder on a server. What happens is that if the profiles folder is not available or is not mapped when any user logs into the network their shortcuts are not visible, also their start menu is completely blank! I would like to know how to remove the dependency of the profiles folder needing to be mapped in order for the users to have their start menu\programs folders become populated. In other words, what do I do so that I can remove the drive mapping to the profiles folder and have the users just use the local profiles on their machines!

Thanks

PS I am definitely migrating from nt to 2003 in the near future. I can recreate the user names and groups and permissions but wanted to know if I can eliminate this feature before I migrate. Also, I inherited this system from a previous admin who had NO clue he was doing.

Nevermind, I figured it out. I modified the nt4 domain policy using security policy editor and that seems to have worked.

I had been dealing with a 2000/2003 active directory domain architecture for so long that I forgot some things about nt!

Word of advice: if you run an nt4 domain now, upgrade or migrate to 2003 because an administrator's life becomes so much easier after that!