This step-by-step article describes how to assign a mandatory
user profile for Windows 2000-based client computers in a
Windows 2000 domain. A mandatory user profile is a user account
in which the settings are preconfigured by the administrator. If
you are using a mandatory user profile, you can modify the
profile, but when you log off the computer, the changes are not
saved to the profile location (the changes are non-persistent).
When you log on to the computer again, the original mandatory
profile is loaded on the computer. How to Assign a Mandatory
User Profile in Windows 2000 To assign a mandatory user profile
in Windows 2000, follow the steps that are described in this
section. Step 1: Create a Profile - On a domain controller,
create a template user account that has the same permissions as
the user or the group for which you want to create the mandatory
profile. - Use the template user account to log on to a
workstation computer. A user profile is automatically created on
the local computer in the Driv