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What are Roaming User Profiles?

 

Roaming user profiles enable your files, your desktop, and lots of other custom settings to travel with you to any of our Windows PC's. Thus, you can sit down at any PC that has the software you need, and proceed with your work, without having to carry around disks or copy files manually.

Your roaming user profile is:

• Your profile, which is copied to the PC that you log on to, then copied back to the server when you log off. It consists of your desktop; any files or folders on the desktop (except My Documents); and all your personal settings, including desktop wallpaper, arrangement of icons, shortcuts, and favorites.

Does everything travel with the user?

 

No. Software does not travel with you. On each PC you can only run the software installed on that machine.  On your desktop and Start Menu you will see both the items in your profile and the items in the "All Users" profile of the computer you are using. That's why the list of available shortcuts can vary from machine to machine.

 

Why are my Favorites missing as well as my wallpaper?

 

Your profile has loaded correctly. The first step is to..... yes, REBOOT the machine. This will force the computer to try and download your a fresh copy of your profile. If problems persist and your profile does not consistently download the you need to see a member of the NOC to reset your profile.

 

Files stored locally on PCs ARE NOT BACKED UP. Only your H: drive are backed up on removable disks by the NOC.