Filtered articles: "Mandatory Profile"

Filtered articles: "Mandatory Profile"

Mandatory Profiles – Insecure by Default?
Published by Helge Klein on 12/13/2010 | 10 Comments | 3,254 Views

Mandatory profiles are generally considered fast and secure because they usually are small in size and cannot be modified by the user. While that is true – mandatory profiles stay pristine indefinitely – there is more to security than read-only access.

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New Articles, Tools, Tips and Tricks: Windows (7 and 2008 R2), PowerShell and Citrix
Published by Helge Klein on 02/11/2010 | 8 Comments | 7,649 Views

Windows General

Good info for troubleshooting DFS-Namespaces in the MS KB: Storage locations, inconsistencies and how to deal with them. Complex passwords and security guidelines for end users? No, thank you, says MS researcher. I agree.

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Are Mandatory User Profiles Deleted at Logoff - or Cached?
Published by Helge Klein on 01/24/2010 | 3 Comments | 10,647 Views

A popular misconception about mandatory user profiles is that they are deleted at logoff. I freely admit that I thought so, too, until I made some tests that proved I was wrong.

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Mandatory Profiles - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Published by Helge Klein on 02/18/2009 | 9 Comments | 21,670 Views

A mandatory profile is a special type of roaming profile. As with a roaming profile, a mandatory profile is copied from its network location to the local machine during logon. But during logoff, changes are not copied back. Instead, the local copy of the mandatory profile is reset to its initial state at the next logon. In essence, mandatory profiles are read-only roaming profiles. This has advantages, but also severe drawbacks.

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