User-profile management can be especially challenging for Windows managers. The default behavior of Windows is to store profiles locally on the user's computer. But there are a couple of problems with ...

For IT administrators, managing user profiles is a routine but critical responsibility, particularly in environments like Remote Desktop Services (RDS). Stale or corrupted profiles can consume disk ...

In ASP.NET 2.0, user profile management—a hot new feature—is implemented through the Personalization API. The Personalization API is designed for persistent storage of structured data using a friendly ...

Last week's column contained a question about moving 70+ profiles from one terminal server to another. I suggested a combination of xcopy /o and a Registry hack for the ProfileList entry, but I asked ...

Sharing your PC with other members in the house makes it obvious to have separate user accounts. The good thing is you don’t need a Microsoft account to add a new user profile in Windows. Now if you ...

Here are a few tips for managing user profiles in a Terminal Services environment using only native or readily available free Windows tools: Keep user profiles as small as possible by redirecting My ...

This is episode seven in our series on setting up and managing devices using Server’s Profile Manager service. If you’re just tuning in now, you’ll want to look at: At the end of the previous tutorial ...