How does my desktop appear on any PC on our work network?
Hello.I would really grateful if someone might be able to explain something that has been puzzling me, recently:
How is it that I can log on to any PC at my work place and my desktop is always there?
I can only assume that my Windows profile is backed up and loaded from our server, each time I log in and off, but I am not exactly sure. Windows Domain:
Windows domain - Wikipedia Basically, yes. It is not mandatory to do this, but a lot of enterprise systems do.
Much of the time it takes to login/logout to a Windows (Active Directory) Domain is not the authentication proper - it takes a second to check a login name and password - but the time it takes to copy all the files of your profile to/from the server(s) they live on to/from your PC.
It's not unknown for the Windows administrator to spend time trying to "tune" what is and is not in network profiles to expedite the login/logout process. One way you can help yourself in this respect is to heed any recommendations they give as to where to store files.
For example, in technical terms your "desktop" is actually a folder in your profile with some files in it, just like any other folder. Often system admins advise people never to store documents and files on the desktop, only shortcuts. If your desktop is part of your profile and you drop (say) a 200MB video (or whatever) file on your desktop, then that 200MB file has to be copied to/from the server every time you login and logout which takes time. Better to store such a file in the "home" folder on your server (which often isn't copied at login/logout) and instead drop a shortcut to it on the desktop. Shortcuts are trivially small.
Exact details will vary depending on the specifics of how your system has been set up, so to be sure, check in with your IT department. Despite the stereotypes of IT pros. being nerdy geeks with no interpersonal skill and poor body hygiene, most IT pros are normal people like everyone else and are generally all too happy to help out and answer questions. Indeed, (I'll argue on behalf of my colleagues in the business,) most of us tend to rather altruistic - we only need to look at our payslips to see evidence of that! data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 It's known as a 'Roaming Profile'. Could also be using thin clients, Citrix remote desktops.
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