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have access to the profile. Then configure each user account's profile path to point to the same
folder on the server (rather than %username%).
In the next activity, you add a Vista client computer to your domain.
Normally, this task is done earlier, when you set up the network. However,
you haven't needed a client computer until this point in the topic, when
you work with user profiles.
Activity 5-5: Adding a Vista Computer to the Domain
Time Required: 10 minutes
Objective: Make a Vista computer a member of the domain.
Description: To test user profiles and other user-related activities, you realize that being able to
log on and log off the domain from a member Vista computer is ideal. The Vista computer can
be implemented as a virtual machine so that you don't need so many physical computers.
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See Appendix D for information on using virtual machines. You can down-
load a preconfigured 30-day evaluation of a Vista virtual machine from the
Microsoft Web site. Go to www.microsoft.com/downloads and search on
“vista 30 day eval.”
1. Log on to your Vista computer as Administrator, if necessary.
2. Click Start , right-click Computer , and click Properties .
3. In the Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings section, click the Change settings
link. If necessary, click Continue in the User Account Control (UAC) message box.
4. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Computer Name tab, if necessary, and then
click the Change button. In the Computer name text box, type VistaXX . Under Member of,
click the Domain option, type W2k8adXX.com , and then click OK .
Remember to replace XX in activities with your student number.
5. Type the domain Administrator username and password when prompted. Click OK when
you get a message welcoming you to the domain. When prompted to restart your computer,
click OK , and then click Close .
6. Click Restart Now . While Vista is restarting, log on to your server as Administrator, and
open Active Directory Users and Computers.
7. Click the Computers folder, which contains a computer object with the name of the Vista
computer you just joined to the domain.
8. When Vista restarts, log on to the domain as Administrator. (If necessary, click Switch User at
the logon prompt so that you can enter the username and password to log on to the domain.)
Enter the username in the format W2k8adXX\Administrator or Administrator@W2k8adXX
because Vista assumes you're logging on to the local computer instead of the domain when you
log on as Administrator.
9. Stay logged on to Vista for the next activity.
Activity 5-6: Creating a Roaming Profile
Time Required: 10 minutes
Objective: Create a roaming profile for a user.
Description: You want a user to have a roaming profile. This user has never logged on to the
domain before and receives the default profile on the Vista system as the initial profile.
 
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