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Setting up roaming profiles on Win2K server when using Win7 Pro as my client

Hello

I have a laptop that has Win7 Pro loaded. I log onto a domain that has a Win 2000 server that acts as a terminal server and a Win 2003 server that also authenticates logins and has Exchange server running on it.

I want to get the same 'desktop' when I log into my terminal server session when away from my primary laptop as I do when I log onto my laptop when I'm in the office which I log onto the domain from normally.

I think I need to configure my account to use a 'roaming profile' but am not sure if this will work, or if it will work if the terminal server is Win 2000 and my laptop is Win7.

Can anyone help.

Thanks in advance

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arnold

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rindi

From how I understand your Question, all you want to do is connect to the Terminal Server session and work within that. If that is correct, there's nothing special to do on the Windows 7 box, as you'll have the TS environment showing up on your PC, which is completely separate from your Windows 7 environment. Just use the "Remote Desktop Connection" on your windows 7 box to connect to the TS, and you'll have the windows 2000 Server environment as the desktop.

johnkan

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Hello experts

rindi, sorry I wasn't clear enough. I want to see the same 'desktop' for my terminal server session as I do on my Win7 laptop. Not just through there remote desktop on my Win7 laptop.

Arnold, The users are looking at moving to Win Server 2008 for their terminal server. Would this make a difference to this question ?.

Thanks

rindi

I don't think I understand. Windows 7 has a completely different User Interface than Windows 2000 Server has. You can't get it to look the same. Also Windows 2008 has a different User Interface from Windows 7, so also that will look different. And when you are using TS to connect to your server you have the Desktop of the Server OS and not that of the PC's OS.

johnkan

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Hello rindi

My goal was to keep the Win7 laptop's desktop synchronised to some extent with the terminal server session desktop for the same user. When the laptop is connected in the office the user does not want to use the terminal server.

I understand what you are saying about the Win7 interface looking quite different from the Win 2008 one.

Thanks

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