Renaming Server-Based Profiles for Use by Local User Accounts
Article ID: 151781
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q151781
SUMMARY
A local profile can be turned into a server-based profile and vice versa.
This can be a useful time-saver if a profile already exists in one form or
the other and you want to copy it. It also allows for a consistent desktop
when logging on to the domain or on to a local account.
MORE INFORMATION
If a user ARRENC logs on to a Windows NT computer, a local profile called
ARREN000 (the first 5 letters of the user name plus 000) is created in the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Config directory. To use this profile as a server-
based profile, rename the file to something like Arrenc.usr (the .usr
extension is the important part) and specify this file as the user's
profile in User Manager.
Conversely, an existing username.usr file such as ARRENC.USR can be renamed
as ARREN000 and placed in the %systemroot\ system32\config directory, and
it will become the user's local profile (assuming no profile is specified
in User Manager).
This also allows a common profile to be used when the user logs in to the
domain and logs on with a local account.
Keywords: KB151781