Jason Watkins
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Local Mandatory Profile for Windows 7
Hello,
I am trying to configure a public laptop, running Windows 7 Pro, to use a mandatory user profile. I just want the data and changes that may have been made during a user session to not persist at log-off. All of the Microsoft documentation points to using a roaming mandatory profile. I cannot use that, the laptop is not part of any Windows domain.
I have seen a solution where Pharonics Deep-Freeze was the choice, but that is not a possibility here. Any ideas how to pull this off?
Thanks
I am trying to configure a public laptop, running Windows 7 Pro, to use a mandatory user profile. I just want the data and changes that may have been made during a user session to not persist at log-off. All of the Microsoft documentation points to using a roaming mandatory profile. I cannot use that, the laptop is not part of any Windows domain.
I have seen a solution where Pharonics Deep-Freeze was the choice, but that is not a possibility here. Any ideas how to pull this off?
Thanks
ASKER
Thanks! I'll give that a try.
Are you familiar with group policy?
Just enable the following key, and you're set.
User Configuration\Administrati veTemplate s\Desktop
Don't save settings at exit
Just enable the following key, and you're set.
User Configuration\Administrati
Don't save settings at exit
ASKER
Here is what I did…
1. Copy default user profile.
a. Create a folder in the X:\users dir with a .v2 at the end
b. Go to system>advanced system settings>user profiles
c. Hit “copy to” on default user, then point it to the .v2 folder you created in X:\users
d. Set “permitted to use” to everybody.
2. Create a new user and put them in a group. (in computer management)
3. Then under the properties of the user, set the profile path to be the .v2 dir you created under X:\users (WITH OUT THE .V2 AT THE END)
a. Exp. If your .v2 directory is “C:\users\test.v2” the path you would use is “C:\users\test” it figures out it’s a mandatory profile.
4. The last thing you need to do is, change the ntuser.dat to ntuser.man
It seems you are taking the wrong approach, and going way overboard to do a simple task. If you have a public PC, and you don't want users to save data, its a very simple task. Make the user limited, and do one of these tasks:
-Programs like Deep Freeze, SteadyState, Clean Slate work wonderfully, but if you can't use that...
-A batch file or startup script to delete the user profile at each reboot, and replace it with the default profile.
-Or just configure group policy to not save the settings at reboot. You don't have to be on a domain to edit local group policy.
-Programs like Deep Freeze, SteadyState, Clean Slate work wonderfully, but if you can't use that...
-A batch file or startup script to delete the user profile at each reboot, and replace it with the default profile.
-Or just configure group policy to not save the settings at reboot. You don't have to be on a domain to edit local group policy.
ASKER
The "Do not save settings at exit" setting did absolutely nothing.
I am no good with scripting and cannot create such a script to delete the profile at logoff.
I am no good with scripting and cannot create such a script to delete the profile at logoff.
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ASKER
That approach works as well. Thanks!
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg176676(WS.10).aspx?ITPID=sprblog