Microsoft KB Archive/133730

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Network User Profiles Not Supported on Real-Mode Networks

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Q133730

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
Server-based user profiles do not work on a computer running only a real- mode network client.

CAUSE
You must use a 32-bit network client and a network operating system that supports the creation of home directories to use server-based user profiles.

RESOLUTION
Install a 32-bit protected-mode network client.

MORE INFORMATION
You can store user profiles (user-specific information) on a local computer or a network server. Using user profiles allows multiple users to use a single computer and retain their individual settings, or to log on to the network from any computer and use the same desktop settings.

Storing user profiles on a network server requires:

 32-bit protected-mode client services that support automatic download and update of user profiles. A network operating system that supports the creation of home directories. The protected-mode client network services included with Windows 95 download and update user profiles from the following directories:

  Microsoft Client for Microsoft Networks: "\\primary domain controller\user's home directory"  Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks: "\\preferred server\sys\mail\user_id" 

The following conditions are supported when you are using user profiles on a network:


 * Profiles stored on a Windows NT 3.x server on workstations running the Microsoft Client for Microsoft Networks.
 * Profiles stored on a Novell NetWare server, with Windows 95-based workstations running the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks.
 * Profiles stored on other network operating systems that support the creation of home directories and supply their own 32-bit client services.