If folders are named for users, for /d is your friend in situations requiring setting rights en masse. I batch created users and folders annually when I worked for a school, and I didn't use the profile tab in ADUC. I think it was because of the logon optimization issue... It's been a while but this all seems familiar
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow, that is interesting. We’re currently Novell, but what I described > is how we’re planning on doing it after migrating to AD and Win7 on the > desktops.**** > > ** ** > > Joe Heaton**** > > ITB – Windows Server Support**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Bob Free [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 09, 2012 12:08 PM > > *To:* Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: (homedrive)**** > > ** ** > > We had a PSS PFE onsite recently for an AD engagement and we were > discussing slow boots during a break in the action and he brought up > something I had never heard of before.**** > > **** > > I was always under the assumption that we had what is known as Fast Logon > Optimization on our XP systems that allows GPOs to process asynchronously > in the background.**** > > **** > > He told us that it is disabled in our environment because we use the > profile settings to map homeDir and specify login script. **** > > ** ** > > Basically anything that is set on the Profile tab in ADUC is considered > legacy NT behavior and disables logon optimization. I had heard before that > roaming profiles or software installation policies disabled it but this was > news to me. I played around with my account on an old XP box and it rang > true, never got around to looking into it further or on WIN7.**** > > ** ** > > FWIW, YMMV J**** > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Heaton, Joseph@DFG [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 09, 2012 10:07 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: (homedrive)**** > > ** ** > > We simply populate the Profile Tab, and allow Windows to create the actual > folder w/ appropriate rights.**** > > ** ** > > Joe Heaton**** > > ITB – Windows Server Support**** > > ** ** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 09, 2012 9:18 AM > *To:* Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* H: (homedrive)**** > > ** ** > > Do you guys create individual shares for each user, or do something > different?**** > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
