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If you setup a roaming profile then the users current profile will get copied to their roaming profile. See<br />
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<a href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b41402c2-c982-4bfb-891e-91b47f211e181033.mspx?mfr=true" rel="ugc nofollow">http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b41402c2-c982-4bfb-891e-91b47f211e181033.mspx?mfr=true</a><br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316353" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316353</a><br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314478" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314478</a><br />

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Will there be a problem regarding Outlook and the loading of .OST Files? 
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Hi Guys,<br />
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I have a Small Business Server 2003. I have 5 users, all using WIN XP, and after a couple of years was thinking of creating roaming profiles. So here are a couple of quesions:<br />
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1) Will the use of roaming profiles lose their current profiles (including programs, desktop, etc). What i mean is if i need use roaming profiles will i have to create their desktops and install programs from scratch?<br />
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2)How to create roaming profiles<br />
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Thanks in advance<br />
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Hi Guys,

I have a Small Business Server 2003. I have 5 users, all using WIN XP, and after a couple of years was thinking of creating roaming profiles. So here are a couple of quesions:

1) Will the use of roaming profiles lose their current profiles (including programs, desktop, etc). What i mean is if i need use roaming profiles will i have to create their desktops and install programs from scratch?

2)How to create roaming profiles

Thanks in advance

 

If you setup a roaming profile then the users current profile will get copied to their roaming profile. See

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b41402c2-c982-4bfb-891e-91b47f211e181033.mspx?mfr=true

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316353

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314478


Will there be a problem regarding Outlook and the loading of .OST Files? 

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