[K12OSN] Redirect "My Documents" folder to home folder

[Doug Simpson]

Possibly, but since we don't allow POP mail access or addressbooks, this 
isn't a problem for us.

Burke Almquist wrote:

> Don't they loose things like an address book and POP3 email this way  
> though. If it's just documents and files you want to save then a  
> network drive is easier, but if you want to save application  
> preferences, settings and other arcane things, then it's probably  
> best to use a roaming profile.
>
> On Aug 9, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Doug Simpson wrote:
>
>> Indeed is *may be* easier to show them how to save to their "My  
>> Documents"
>> folder, but I prefer to be able to just connect a computer and it just
>> work.  You will have to have the registry key to se their "My  
>> Documents"
>> to somewhere else, and then that will only be applied if that user has
>> appropriate rights.
>>
>> Another reason to teach them to use their H: drive is simjply  this. . .
>>
>> When a user logs in on a computer with XP on it, they get a  
>> profile.  On
>> that computer. . . If they already have one on the server  somewhere, 
>> that
>> it the one they get.  So, if their "My Documents" folder is bloated  
>> (most
>> are) then that entire foder (regardless of it's actual location)  
>> will get
>> copied to that local computer they just logged in on.  Now, that  
>> user had
>> a complete copy of their "My Documents" folder on that computer,  and if
>> they just logged in to do a single thing and they never log in again,
>> there sits their local copy of the profile, wasting space on that  
>> computer.
>>
>> If they login on many computers, every single one will get a local  
>> copy of
>> their "My Documents" folder (regardless of where it is actually  
>> located)
>> because it lives in their profile.
>>
>> MUCH wasted drive space.  Also, if they happen to be a counselor or
>> whatever, their profile (including their "My Documents" folder  
>> (which may
>> contain classified data and documentation)) get copied to that local
>> computer's hard drive. . . MAJOR security and confidentiality risk.
>>
>> Any user who sits down at the computer and can browse the local  
>> drive can
>> see into those files.
>>
>> For our student computers, we use DriveShield (similar to  
>> DeepFreeze) and
>> the local drive is restored to our settings and etc. (all local  data is
>> deleted (including profiles)). The server also deletes their  profile 
>> when
>> they log off.  It only takes once or twice (three times for the really
>> slow ones) to figure out that if they save to their H: drive, it  
>> doesn't
>> disappear and will be there the next time they need it.
>>
>> One major reason for this is that in the profile, there are copies  
>> of your
>> "Temporary Internet Files". Yup! your CACHE! Imagine. . .hundreds of
>> students, thousands in some districts, each with a full-blown copy of
>> "Temporary Internet Files" on the server in their profiles! We had
>> hundreds of gigs in server space and it was running at 60% when their
>> profiles were living there.  Once I set up the auto-profile-removal  
>> thing,
>> that usage went to below 10%.  Pprofiles don't live in each user's  home
>> directory, either. . . they live in their own share and the directory
>> structure is created on the fly when they login, and deleted on the  fly
>> when they log out.
>>
>> WHAT A WASTE of drive space!.  We don't have that problem anymore on
>> student computers.  They also learn that their cutesy screensavers,
>> wallpapers, and other stuff disappears as well and they eventually  
>> learn
>> that and will quit messing with them.
>>
>> BEEE--YOUOUOUUUUU--TEE-FUUULLL!
>>
>>
>> Doug Simpson
>> Technology Specialist
>> DeQueen Public Schools
>> DeQueen, AR 71832
>> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
>> Tux for President!
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Paul Lemke wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Is there a way in windows 2000 to script the changing of the "My  
>>> Documents"
>>> from "c:\docs and settings\blah\blah\mydocuments" to their mapped  home
>>> directory? Specifically their startup.bat file that get's executed  
>>> when they
>>> log in.
>>>
>>> I've googled it and can't see to come up with an easy answer. The  
>>> reason
>>> behind this is I have roaming profiles turned on, but I don't want  
>>> the users
>>> to wait all the time to copy their entire home directory. Sure I  
>>> could tell
>>> them to save everything to their "X drive" but it's easier to show  
>>> them how
>>> to save it to their "my documents" folder.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help!
>>> Paul
>>>
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