Using a Default Terminal Server Profile When User Profile Is Set (237608)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
This article was previously published under Q237608

SUMMARY

When a User Profile Path is specified in User Manager for a particular user, this user receives the profile in the path specified when logging on to a Windows NT-based computer including a Windows NT Terminal Server-based computer. If a Terminal Server Profile Path is specified, this user only receives the profile in the path specified when logging on to a Windows NT Terminal Server-based computer. If both paths are specified, the user receives the profile specified in User Profile Path when logging on to a Windows NT Workstation-based or Server-based computer. When logging on to a Windows NT Terminal Server-based computer, the user receives the path specified in Terminal Server Profile Path. This article describes how to require a Terminal Server user to use a default profile when logging on.

MORE INFORMATION

To prevent a user from using their User Profile Path when logging on to a Windows NT Terminal Server-based computer, you must specify a Terminal Server Profile Path. To require a Terminal Server user to use a default profile when logging on:
  1. Start User Manager, double-click the appropriate user, and then click Profile.
  2. In the Terminal Server Profile path box, type C:\WTSRV\PROFILES\DEFAULT USER.
When this user logs on to a Terminal Server-based computer, the Default User profile is used as a template, and a profile with their user name is created in the WTSRV\PROFILES folder on drive C.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/24/2004
Keywords:kbinfo KB237608
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