1. User Profiles

2. User Profiles
A collection of desktop and environmental configurations for a specific user or group of users.
Computer maintains profile for each user who has logged on except for guests

3. User Profiles Include
Application data – a folder containing user specific data for applications such
Custom dictionaries for word processing
Junk sender lists for clients
Cookies – a folder of cookies accepted by the user thought the browser.
Desktop – a folder containing all of the items displayed on the desktop.

4. User Profiles Include
Favorites – a folder that contains the URL’s from Internet Explorer
Local Settings – a folder containing setting that do not roam. There are four sub-folders
Application data – contains machine specific application data.
History – contains user’s Internet Explorer browser history
Temp – folder that contains temporary files created by applications
Temporary Internet Files – folder contains the offline cache for Internet Explorer.

5. User Profiles Include
My Documents – the default target folder for the My Documents short cut.
NetHood – a folder that contains the shortcuts appearing in My Network Places.
PrintHood - a folder that contains the shortcuts found in the printers and fax folder
My Recent Documents – a folder containing links to recently used documents.

6. User Profiles Include
Sent To – a folder of user-specific used in the send to command found on the menu when right clicking of files or folders.
Start Menu – a folder containing the user specific start menu layout
Temples – a folder containing user specific temples

7. User Profiles Include
Ntuser.dat – a file containing registry information specific to the user.
Ntuser.dat.log – a transaction log that the user profile can be recreated from in the event of a system failure.
Ntuers.ini – a file containing user related setting.

8. Local Profiles
Set of specifications and preferences for an individual user
Created the first time the user logs on to the computer.
When a user makes changes to the profile only the local profile is affected.

9. Roaming Profiles Resides on the network server.
Made available to the any computer that the user logs on to.
Windows makes a local copy of the profile the first time the user logs on the computer.
If the user makes changes to the local copy, those changes are merged into the server copy.