User profiles are created to determine the computing environment of users. A user profile is created for each user when he/she logs on to a computer for the first time. User profiles include user-specific environment and preference settings. Windows uses three types of profiles - local, roaming, and mandatory.
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A local user profile is stored on a local computer and cannot be accessed from the network.
A roaming user profile is stored in a centralized place and can be accessed from the network. When users log on to their workstations, they receive the desktop setting as it existed when they logged off. Also, when several users log on to the same computer, each receives a customized desktop.
A mandatory user profile is a roaming user profile that cannot be modified and saved by a user. It is created by changing the name of the NTUSER.DAT file in the directory to NTUSER.MAN and entering the profile UNC path into the User Profile Path located in the User Environment Profile dialog box for each user.
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