Doc Err: Mandatory Profiles Are Not Cached

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Even though the Windows NT Concepts and Planning Guide states on page 88 that you should be able to log on using cached profiles on the local workstation, users are denied access, are unable to log on, and the following error message appears if the server based mandatory profile is not available:

Windows NT Concepts and Planning Guide Excerpt

The Windows NT Concepts and Planning Guide states on page 88:

"If a user has a personal profile, the per-user settings are saved to both the user's personal profile and the locally cached version of the profile when the user logs off. The locally cached profile is identical to the updated personal profile.

If a user has a mandatory profile, changes made by the user during a session are not uploaded to the mandatory profile when the user logs off- the user can never change the mandatory profile. However, if the mandatory profile allows the user to make changes during a session, any changes made by the user are saved in the locally cached version of the mandatory profile. So, the next time the user logs on at this workstation, if the user's mandatory profile is unavailable, the locally cached profile is loaded, and the user will have the changes made during his or her last session."