Setting up user profiles

Most Windows applications store user-specific settings and files under the user’s Windows profile. By default, Windows creates a local profile for each user that logs on to a system. A local profile is specific to a given computer and does not work well if you are running multiple FH Web Edition servers.

If you are running a multiple-host environment, you should set up roaming user profiles. A roaming profile is stored centrally and can be accessed from any networked computer for which that profile is valid. When a user with a roaming profile logs on to any networked computer, the desktop appears exactly as the user left it the last time he or she logged off. For multiple-host environments, working with roaming profiles is the only way to ensure that user-specific settings are available to the user at all times.

Note:

  • A profile is only valid on the platform for which it was created.

    Example: A Windows 7 profile can only be used on a Windows 7 computer.