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Conference decwet::winnt-clusters

Title:WinNT-Clusters
Notice:Info directories moved to DECWET::SHARE1$:[NT_CLSTR]
Moderator:DECWET::CAPPELLOF
Created:Thu Oct 19 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:863
Total number of notes:3478

716.0. "Win 95 Policies on client" by CHEFS::vfr750.reo.dec.com::harrisonb () Wed Mar 26 1997 12:45

I have a customer that needs to use group policies under NT Clusters.

He is having trouble getting it working, it works fine if the NT Cluster client is not
installed, but not if is.

Is there anyone out there that can help on this subject.


BTW he knows it is the cluster client because if he removes it, his policies magically work again.
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716.1more information please.LJSRV1::GOODMANWed Apr 02 1997 16:200
716.2Here they areCHEFS::vfr750.reo.dec.com::harrisonbThu Apr 10 1997 06:1253

Donna,

 Here's the mail I got from the Customer, any help would be appreciated as I have been trying to solve this one for a couple 
of months now.

Cheers
Brynn Harrison
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Our setup consists of a Windows NT Cluster with Windows 95 clients.

Users are configured so that they have a home area that is connected
to the H: drive when they logon to Windows 95. To recreate this create
a user in User Manager on Windows NT and in the profile screen set the
home area to point to a share on the NT cluster eg \\ntserver1\msmith$.
Also set the drive letter to connect to H:.

The drive is connect by using a login script. Our script basically contains
a line "NET USE \\NTSERVER1\MSMITH$".

Within the users home area there are a couple of folders that contain the
profile information for that user. One is called Desktop (this contains
icons that appear on the users desktop) and the other is called Start Menu
(this contains all of the shortcuts that go to build up the users Start
Menu). For instance in the start folder we have the MS-Office icons etc.

To enable profiles on the 95 clients start Control Panel�Passwords�User
Profiles Tab� and select "Users can customize the preference and desktop".
In the User Profiles Setting box (which is on the same screen) select both
the Desktop and Start Menu tick boxes.

The process should be as follows. The user logs in. The logon script connects
the H: drive up. 95 then looks in the home area for the user for their profile.
It copies the Start Menu and Desktop folders from the home area to the local
drive (C:\Windows\Profiles\<username>) thus updating any new icons or
removing others that are no longer needed.

This process works fine without Digital Cluster Client for 95 loaded. When it
is loaded the copying process is not carried out. This means that new icons
are not copied and even worse if a new user logs on they get no Start Menu
icons except for the Windows defaults.


Hope this description is enough to get you started. Please give me a call
if you need further info.

Thanks

Matt Smith
Snr.IT Support Technician
European Gas Turbines Ltd
716.3cover letter in .2 wrapped to <80 columnsTARKIN::LINBill LinThu Apr 10 1997 09:3211
           <<< Note 716.2 by CHEFS::vfr750.reo.dec.com::harrisonb >>>
                               -< Here they are >-

Donna,

Here's the mail I got from the Customer, any help would be appreciated as I
have been trying to solve this one for a couple  of months now.

Cheers
Brynn Harrison