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25-6 Chapter 25 Configuring and Troubleshooting the Desktop Environment
Objective 5.1
Configure and Manage User
Profiles and Desktop Settings
Home users change desktop settings as a matter of convenience, and might never think
about user profiles. To a business, however, desktop settings and user profiles are key
tools for protecting the security of client systems. Businesses restrict desktop settings to
enforce consistency between computers and reduce the occurrence of problems. On a
network, a business might use roaming profiles to enable a user to use a different computer
but keep the same documents and settings available.
In some environments, businesses use mandatory profiles to prevent users from making
permanent changes to their profiles. Mandatory profiles are important in environments
in which users change frequently, such as classroom environments and
businesses that make use of temporary staff. To succeed at this objective, you must
understand how to configure desktop settings on a local computer, create a roaming
profile by moving a user’s profile to a shared network folder, and configure mandatory
profiles. Additionally, you should have a solid understanding of how domain administrators
can use Active Directory Group Policy settings to control the desktop environment
of domain member computers.