This procedure outlines how to change a user's local profile into a roaming one:
1. Open the Active Directory Users and Computers console, and expand the console tree to select the organizational unit (OU) where the user's account resides (by default, this is the Users OU).
2. Select account / Action / Properties / Profile tab.
3. Enter the following as the Profile Path setting:
\\server_name\shared_folder_name\user_name
where:
o server_name is the name of the server where the share for storing roaming profiles is located.
o shared_folder_name is the name of the share where the roaming profiles will be stored (typically called Profiles).
o user_name is the user's logon name.
When the user next logs on, his local user profile will be copied from the C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name> folder on the client computer to the shared folder on the server. The user will then be able to roam.
Note: You can use the replaceable variable %username% instead of manually specifying user_name (the user's logon name). Windows 2000 will then automatically replace %username% with the logon name of the user whose roaming profile is being configured.