PROFILES

What is Profile:-

• Profile is a user-state Environment.

• Profile contains Personal Settings of the User like

              - Documents
              - Desktop Settings
              - Start Menu Icons
              - Shortcuts
              - Application Data
              - Downloads
              - Pictures, Music, Videos
              - Contacts
              - Favorites, etc.

Types of Profiles:-

1. Local Profile
2. Roaming Profile
3. Mandatory Profile

1.Local Profile:-

• A local user profile is created the first time you log on to a computer and is stored on a computer’s local hard disk.

• Any changes made to your local profile are specified to the computer on which you made the changes.

2.Roaming Profile:-

• A roaming user profile is created by your system administrator and is stored on a server.

• This profile is available every time you logon to any computer on the network.

• Changes made to your roaming user profile are updated on the server.

3.Mandatory Profile:-

• A mandatory user profile is a roaming profile.

• Mandatory profiles are fixed profile in which the user changes will not be saved.

• Only administrator can make changes to mandatory profiles.