Ilia, It seems to me that the conclusion to this thread is that the advice to keep the profiles separate for each Windows platform is GOOD advice. The use of the %a parameter in the profiles path is not a bad idea.
Thanks for the feedback. Cheers, John T. On Thursday 03 February 2005 09:11, Ilia Chipitsine wrote: > > On Thursday 03 February 2005 01:04, Ilia Chipitsine wrote: > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>> Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>> |> 5) make sure you are using the same version of Windows on all > >>> |> computers. w2k <--> xp can also break many things in profile > >>> > >>> Use %a in your path names to fix this. %a will be replaced with the > >>> architecture of your system, i.e. Win2K,WinXP,WinNT etc. etc. > >> > >> hmm, people usually expect to see the same profile even under different > >> OSes. it will be pain in the ass especially if You have hundreds users. > > > > It may be a PITA but we have to face up to the facts, MS Windows profiles > > are NOT compatible across OS versions. A Windows NT4 profile is not > > compatible with 2KP or XPP - while it is possibile to "upgrade" you can > > forget backwards compatibility. Windows 9x/Me v's NT4/2KP/XPP are > > completely different and can not be shared. > > > > What precisely do you mean by "expect to see the same profile"? How have > > you > > 1) redirected folders (like My Documents, for instance) > > 2) registry settings like HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office (in order to run > MS Outlook) and so on, not entire HKCU hive, but at least some important > (for their software) things. > > > achieved this in the past? Your comments have peaked my curiosity. Maybe > > I am missing something that is important. > > I used to run mixed XP/w2k environment for months and it was pretty well > with exchanging profiles across those systems. the only issue I recall that > I had to install MS Office XP (or later) in order to have that damn > cftmon.exe on w2k machines as well. > > so, > > w2k/xp - good combination > > nt4/xp - bad combination > nt4/w2k - bad combination > 9x/nt-based - bad combination > > it is possible to "upgrade" nt4 profile to w2k or xp, system picks up > profile, but reverse change seems to be impossible. > > > - John T. > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
