Recent content by pyrojoe333

I'm a Windows admin and I'm trying to get my macs in my mixed envornment to work, so please except my appologies for my dumbness. (I'm trying to go straigt ;) ). What I need to do is have a "static profile" (windows term) on the macs. I want at least the dock to look the same no matter who logs...

when the user logs in it checks our windows database (active directory), so it will be using the same password. I will try what you suggested in tommarow when I get in. Thank you :cool:

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that's what I'm talking about. I want my active directory users to use a guest account. This way when a user logs in it looks just like the last 50 times they logged in. we don't use poming profiles even on our Windows machines. I am a poor wintel tech who's been put incharge of teh macs in our...

right now I've got it so the that they authenticate via active directory. We have a problem with non-students using the computers so my supervisers want it to authenticate they they are students and it's ok for them to use the computer. that's why I was hoping I could make a profile that is used...

I don't really need remote profiles. there isn't a way to make a profile on the mac that is the profile used when any user logs in? Of O do have to do it with a server do I have to buy a xserver or can I use a G4 and just put OS X Server on it?

is there a way to do it without the server. the people in charge of spending money don't care enough about the macs to put in that kind of dough. Jeramiah

I've got about 30 macs in several computer labs and about 200 pcs. while I have like 5000 users for these michines. what I'd like to do is have a default profile so that when a user logs in it looks the same as when any other user logs in. In other words I can't store 5000 profiles on each...

that's exactly what I've been looking for thank you.

that did it, thank you:D

I need to get the name of the user that is logged in, via applescript. anybody got a clue?

Is there a way to tell Finder not to display mounted shares? in applescript would be best.

Is there a way to create an alias to the users folder on the desktop after I've mounted the drive? So then the user logs in, I mount the //labserver/student1 then I create an alias on the desktop that points to stu000001. In applescript or otherwise?

These macs are a few years old. They don't have burners and the only zip they have is a 100. the 100 isn't big enough to store the image on. I was hoping for something like Symantec Ghost. :(