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8. Place the template profile in the appropriate location for the type of profile
distribution that will be used. (The template profile, including customiza-
tions, is stored initially in %systemroot%\Profiles\TemplateUser.)
• If the template profile will be distributed manually to multiple users:
a) Create a directory where the template profile will be stored for
distribution to each user account created.
b) From the Windows NT-based machine hosting the template pro-
file to be used, log on as an administrator.
c) From the Control Panel, click System. From the User Profiles
page, use the Copy To option to enter the path of the directory
you just created.
d) Modify the permissions to allow the Everyone group to use the
profile. To do this, click the Change button, select the group, and
click OK.
e) Continue to Step 9.
• If the template profile will be distributed via the Default User folder
on validating servers:
a) Create a Default User directory in the NETLOGON share (which
is %systemroot%\Repl\Import\Scripts by default) of validating do-
main controllers. This folder name must be named Default User or
the profile will not be downloaded from the server. To keep the
Default User profile consistent across domain controllers and to
ease administrative overhead, you can create this folder on one
computer and then use the directory replication service to export it
to all validating domain controllers.
b) If a user logs on and does not have an existing local or server-
based profile and your implementation uses the Default User
folder on validating domain controllers, Windows NT will check
the NETLOGON share for the Default User profile before it uses
the local default profile. (Workstations save the server Default
User profile on a local cache.) Windows NT will check the
time/date/size of the server copy against the locally cached copy
before downloading the server copy. And, if the files are identical,
Windows NT will use the local copy of the server Default User
profile.
c) Continue to Step 10.
9. In the \\server\share from Step 1, create the directory structure you speci-
fied as the path in Step 3. For example, create the directory
mydomainuser under \\myserver\myshare. If the profile is to be stored
within the user's home directory, use the directory structure
\mydomainuser\profile under \\myserver\myshare.
