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times that the user logs on to the domain, the roaming profile is com-

pared with the local profile and the most recent profile is used.

8. T change the user profile's type, revisit the User Profiles dialog box

from the System Properties window and click the Change Type button,

as shown in Figure 4.22.

Figure 4.21 Copying a local user profile to a shared folder on a server to make it a roaming user

profile.

You might not always be able to copy a local user profile to another local user profile

folder or to a shared folder on a server. Once a user has logged onto the computer,

his or her local user profile gets loaded into memory, and often, the computer's RAM

keeps that profile locked, even after the user logs off. If you reboot the computer and

log on as a different user with administrative permissions, you should have no trou-

ble copying any of the local user profiles, except for the profile that you're currently

logged on as!

Figure 4.22 Changing a roaming user profile back to a local user profile.

Managing Mandatory User Profiles

You can protect both local and roaming profiles from being permanently

changed by users if you simply rename the ntuser.dat file to ntuser.man. By

renaming this file, you have effectively made the user profile read-only,

meaning that the operating system does not save any changes made to the

profile when the user logs off. Microsoft recommends this method for creat-

ing mandatory user profiles. ntuser.dat appears in the root of a profile folder