Standard Profiles
Profiles stored in the %systemroot%\Users\username folder are referred to as local user profiles or standard profiles. The profile includes several folders and a Registry hive. Many of the folders and data are system files and hidden by default.
The user profile with hidden and system files showing.
Folders
The folders hold data and settings needed by the user. These include desktop icons and shortcuts, links and shortcuts to other folders, startup applications, and more.
Registry hive
The HKEY_CURRENT_USER portion of the Registry holds user-defined settings for the desktop, applications, printers, and more. These are stored in a file named ntuser.dat.
In this tutorial:
- Managing Windows 7 in a Domain
- The Domain
- What is Wrong with Workgroups
- The Domain Concept
- Active Directory
- Domain Security
- Joining a Domain
- Windows 7 Offline Domain Join
- Browsing the Domain
- Searching the Domain
- Custom Searches
- Assigning Permissions to Domain Members
- The Double-Thick Security Trick
- Creating a Test Bed
- Creating a Domain
- Installing Windows Server 2008 on vPC
- Configuring a Windows Server 2008 Server
- Promoting a Server to a Domain Controller
- Joining Windows 7 to a Domain
- Authentication vs Authorization
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Built-in Groups
- Organizing Users with Groups
- Group Scope and Group Type
- Creating Users and Groups in a Domain
- Using HomeGroup with a Domain-Based Computer
- Identifying and Resolving Logon Issues
- Hardware vs. Network
- Using Cached Credentials
- Password Expiration
- Determining Logon Context
- Logon Hours Compliance
- Restricting Computer Access
- Time Synchronization
- Understanding User Profiles
- Standard Profiles
- Roaming Profiles
- Implementing Roaming Profiles
- Mandatory Profiles
- Super-Mandatory User Profiles
- Modifying the Default User Profile
- Configuring Settings with Scripts
- Anti-Malware Software
- Microsoft Windows 7 Defender
- Third-Party Anti-malware Software
