You are the desktop administrator for Contoso, Ltd. A graphic designer named Peter saves all his files in the My Documents folder on his Window XP Professional computer. Peter now needs to work on several computers each day to complete his work. Peter needs to be able to access his files at any time. You implement a roaming user profile and a home directory for Peter. However, Peter reports that when he uses his roaming profile, it takes 10 minutes for him to log on to computers other than his own. You need to reduce the amount of time it takes for Peter to log on to computers when using his roaming profile. What should you do?
A.
Change the UNC path of Peter�s roaming profile to his home directory folder.
B.
Log on as a local administrator on Peter�s computer. Change the roaming profile to a local profile.
C.
Log on as a local administrator on Peter�s computer. Edit the local Group Policy to exclude Directories in Roaming Profile.
D.
Log on as a local administrator on Peter�s computer. In the properties of the My Documents folder, change the Target folder location to Peter�s home directory.
Explanation:
Every time Peter logs on to another computer than his own, the whole content of the My Documents folder has to be copied. This increases Peter’s logon time. By changing the Target folder location of the My Documents folder to Peter’s home directory these files and folders would be moved to a central location in a server and would not have to be copied during the logon process.
Incorrect Answers:
A: This will not affect the logon time. The UNC path must point to his profile. If you moved his profile to the home directory then changed the UNC path, it would take him longer to log on to his own machine.
B: We need a roaming profile, not a local one.
C: Logon time could be improved by using the Exclude directories in roaming profile policy and adding the My Documents folder to the list of excluded folders. But it would prevent Peter from accessing his files when he using other computers than his own.
Press, Redmond, 2002, Chapter 3, Lesson 4