In some places, roaming profiles make some sense. Schools tend to have pretty homogonized environments. Also, they tend to move from place to place (teachers do, too).
Though, you can still achieve a lot by folder redirection for backing up data, having personalized settings follow students and more importantly roaming teachers can be extremely useful. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Chyka, Robert <bch...@medaille.edu> wrote: > We use them here for our students. We get around 50 corruptions per > school year. We are using Windows native roaming profiles but may look into > the Citrix solution after reading some of the posts here. > > > > *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:47 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Roaming Profiles server > > > > During a recent meeting, as soon as the words “roaming profiles” came out > of my bosses mouth, I shot that idea down like a lame duck. > > > > J > > > > Don Guyer > > Systems Engineer - Information Services > > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > > Devon, PA 19333 > > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com > > > > *From:* tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Roaming Profiles server > > > > + Infinity+1, if it was up to me, they would be long banished in this > place. > > Between corruption, security permissions getting fscked, stupid > inconsistent quotas on the profiles resulting in either not being able to > shut down the PC, or the profile not fully copying to the server causing all > deleted items to be copied down again when the user next logs in. > > Lots of fun, there is a lot to be said for mandatory profiles. > If it was up to me I'd probably also do something like > DeepFreeze/SteadyState the PCs. > > Regards > > Tony Patton > Desktop Operations Cavan > Ext 8078 > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com > > > > From: Richard Stovall <rich...@gmail.com> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > > Date: 19/07/2010 19:31 > Subject: Re: Roaming Profiles server > ------------------------------ > > > > > <$.02> > > Roaming profiles are the spawn of the debbil when he was in a particularly > bad mood. Think twice about using them unless you really need to. IMHO, > redirecting "My Documents" and whatnot is usually a better / easier > solution. > > <$/.02> > > I know there are valid use cases, but for many small shops I don't know if > they apply. > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:19 PM, John Aldrich < > jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: > Do you guys have a separate machine to handle roaming profiles, or do you > just use the DCs to handle that? I’m looking at setting up roaming profiles > (eventually, when I get a storage appliance to handle the disk space > requirements) for desktop D/R (in case of a virus getting in and trashing > the PC or something.) > > > > Also, can you exclude things like “My Music” and “My Pictures” from roaming > profiles? I’d rather **not** be backing up people’s personal files. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. The contents > should not be copied nor disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions > expressed are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent > those of QUINN-Insurance Limited (Under Administration), unless otherwise > > specifically stated . As internet communications are not secure, > > QUINN-Insurance Limited (Under Administration) is not responsible for the > contents of this message nor > > responsible for any change made to this message after it was sent by the > original sender. Although virus scanning is used on all inbound and outbound > e-mail, we advise you to carry out your own virus check before opening any > attachment. We cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result > of any software viruses. > > > > ==================================================================== > > > > QUINN-Insurance Limited (Under Administration) is regulated by the Financial > Regulator and > > regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of UK > > business. > > > > ==================================================================== > > > > QUINN-Insurance Limited (Under Administration) is registered in Ireland, > registration number > > 240768 and is a private company limited by shares. > > Its head office is at Dublin Road, Cavan, Co. Cavan. > > > > > > > > > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, > proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in > error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any > other use of the email by you is prohibited. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
<<image001.jpg>>
<<image002.jpg>>
