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JSI Tip 8375. How does user profile and home directory settings behave with Terminal Services?JSI Tip 8375. How does user profile and home directory settings behave with Terminal Services?
Jerold Schulman
August 15, 2004
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If you log on using the Terminal Services Client Software, the following hierarchy is used:
Terminal Services Profile, if specified.
User Profile, if specified.
Local Profile.
Terminal Services Home Directory, if specified.
Home Folder, if specified.
%SYSTEMDRIVE%Documents and Settings%UserName%.
NOTE: To use a local Home Directory when a Terminal Services Profile exists, specify a phony Terminal Services Home Directory, like \Phony Terminal Services Home Directory.
If you log onto the Console of a Terminal Server, the following hierarchy is used:
Terminal Services Profile is NOT used.
User Profile, if specified.
Local Profile.
Terminal Services Home Directory is NOT used.
Home Folder, if specified.
%SYSTEMDRIVE%Documents and Settings%UserName%.
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