To Set Up Roaming User Profiles on Windows 95

Make sure user profiles are enabled for each computer.

You can facilitate this step by creating a system policy that enables user profiles on all PCs running Windows 95. When the user logs in, Windows 95 downloads the policies from the server and copies the information to the Registry on the client.

1. Make sure either NIS or NIS+ is configured as the name service on the client.

   When NIS or NIS+ is configured, the Automounter automatically mounts the user's home directory. If you configure the DNS or Files-based name service but not NIS or NIS+, the Automounter does not automatically mount user's home directories and user profiles stored in those directories are not downloaded to the client. "To Configure NIS or NIS+"

2. In the Passwords option in Control Panel, click the User Profiles tab.

3. Select Users Can Customize Their Preferences And Desktop Settings.

4. Select the options you want under User Profile Settings and click OK.

   These options describe what should be included as part of the user profile.

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   Note -

   If you include desktop icons in the user profile, only the shortcuts (icons that represent links) will be available when the user logs in to the network from another computer. Actual files on the desktop are part of the local user profile only.

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5. Click Yes when asked to restart the computer.

6. In the Network option in Control Panel, make sure Solstice NFS Client is listed as the Primary Network Logon.

7. On an NFS server, make sure each user is properly set up and has an assigned home directory.

   When the user logs out, Solstice Network Client automatically places an updated copy of the user profile in the user's assigned home directory on the server, in the path: \\server\user_home_directory