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On 03/02/2009 18:39, Mark Evans wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Grant Sewell wrote: > > >> One side of me is saying "stick to Samba as PDC with Dovecot and other >> things and figure out why Vista won't load roaming profiles from Samba". >> > > With Vista (and later versions of Windows) Microsoft dramatically > changed their profile format. IIRC they also added some "sanity checks" > so that if files are not where they are expected the whole thing just > gets into a mess. > > >> Another side of me is saying "look for a Linux distro that sorts this >> out for you". >> >> The final side of me says "they don't actually *need* roaming profiles >> or hotdesking, so don't worry about the PDC thing at all" >> > > On a LAN you'd generally be better off using "Folder Redirection" than > "roaming profiles". This also stands more chance of interoperating with > XP and Vista. Since AFAIK Microsoft have made fewer changes to the > applicable registry keys in NTUSER.DAT > > Roaming profiles still work fine on Vista, a client of mine has roaming profiles enabled and it still works great between XP, Vista and Windows Server 2003. Now if I could only train the users not to stick gigs of audio files and junk on their desktop... Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html