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Help with User Profiles in Windows Server 2008
Hey guys and ladies. So i have scoured the forums looking for answers to my problem and have yet to get a definitive fix. It may just be me though lol.
So I am an IT technician for some schools and i have just implemented a new server. It is running Windows Server 2008. My client machines are running windows 7 in the domain. I have created all my user accounts already and set everything up. However, i have created one universal Student Account for all students to login with. Heres my issue. The students only have access to computers in our computer lab. We have about 20 machines in there and they run Windows 7 Pro. So lets say one student logs in and adds a bunch of items and shortcuts to the desktop. Now all client machines also have these junk icons on their desktops when another user logs in on any machines in the lab under the student profile. Is there something i can do to fix this? And since i have already created the Student Account can anything i apply help to reverse what they have already done, ie. added a pile of shortcuts to the desktop etc.
I tried logging into a client machine (under the student profile) and in their default roaming profile, deleted all the desktop icons,i even tried locally changing the ntuser.dat to ntuser.man after i had deleted the icons... but as soon as i log out and back in the icons all return. I assume this is because the roaming profile desktop changes are stored server side on the share? So, I also tried locating the ntuser.dat file for the student profile on the network path where i assumed the profiles are stored in Student.V2 but there is no ntuser.dat at that location, only an ntuser.ini file.... just need some help to figure out what im doin wrong. Ideally i would like to prevent the student account from being able to edit anything on the desktop or delete anything off it as well. I have no problem creating a new student account as well since no important info has been stored yet on this profile, but i would like to do it correctly this time so any info is greatly appreciated. And if i didn't explain things very well, feel free to ask me any additional questions if it will help you guys help me ! Thanks for your time
P.S. i hope that even though this is a server question its ok in the windows 7 forums. If not i apologize
Last edited by ITtechie7783; 22 Oct 2014 at 20:09. Reason: changes