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The Profile Tab The Profile tab (see Figure 5-8) is used to specify the location of files that
make up a user's profile, a logon script, and the location of a home folder:
Profile path —Used to specify the path to a user's profile. By default, a user's profile is
stored on the computer where the user is currently logged on. In Windows Vista or Server
2008, the profile is in the C:\Users\ username directory. In Windows XP, it's in the
C:\Documents and Settings\ username directory. When you're creating a user template, you
can use the %username% variable instead of the actual username. User profiles are dis-
cussed later in “Working with User Profiles.”
Logon script —Used to specify a script that runs when the user logs on. The preferred
method for specifying a logon script is using a group policy, but in older OSs, such as
Windows NT and Windows 9x, group policies aren't used.
Home folder —Used to specify the path to a user's home folder. In general, the home folder
has been replaced by the Documents or My Documents folder. Some older applications use
this field as the default location for storing user documents, however. You can also use this
field to specify the location on a terminal server where user documents are stored during
Terminal Services sessions. The home folder can be a local path or a drive letter that
points to a network share.
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Figure 5-8
The Profile tab
The Member Of Tab The Member Of tab lists groups the user belongs to and can be
used to change group memberships. Every new user is added to the Domain Users group
automatically. You can remove a user from Domain Users, but it's not recommended because
 
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