@jj-fullmer said in Win 10 Ent. compared to Win 10 Ent. LTSB what would be the right decision?:
@psycholiquid In the past I have been creating scripts to create and deploy default profiles for each department. Giving a nice starting point with all the needed programs. UE-V looks intriguing, how do you use it? It looks like it’s a per user kind of thing from what I’ve read thus far. I would rather have a per department thing to start with then maybe add a user personalization backup kind of thing on top of that. If there’s any quick pointers you can offer, I would greatly appreciate it.
It is definitely a per user thing. I use it to backup the users Application settings such as Outlook and WinSCP and others. IT works alot better than Citrix or the old way of doing roaming profiles (Not folder redirection) as it uses xml files and small zipped packages to keep settings.
I can tell you that it is best to work with 1703 as the old version did not have t setup as a service making it a bit harder to work with but that is what I get for working in beta right? IT does work on the fly so it isn`t something you have to reboot every machine for either. Here is a custom script I use to backup users WinSCP settings:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SettingsLocationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/UserExperienceVirtualization/2013A/SettingsLocationTemplate">
<Name>WinSCP: SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client</Name>
<ID>WinSCP-WinSCP-v-5-9</ID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Author>
<Name>Jeremy Gravel</Name>
<Email>user@email.com</Email>
</Author>
<Processes>
<Process>
<Filename>WinSCP.exe</Filename>
</Process>
</Processes>
<Settings>
<Registry>
<Path Recursive="true">Software\Martin Prikryl</Path>
</Registry>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>APPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path />
<FileMask>winscp.rnd</FileMask>
</File>
</Settings>
</SettingsLocationTemplate>
This really just pulls their reg files ann some folders and files which I designate in the xml
Example of the files being backed up to the folders:
Here is another example backing up all version of Chrome (allows for updates to versions):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SettingsLocationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/UserExperienceVirtualization/2013A/SettingsLocationTemplate">
<Name>Google Chrome</Name>
<ID>Google-Chrome-chrome-v-58-0</ID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Author>
<Name>Jeremy Gravel</Name>
<Email>user@email.com</Email>
</Author>
<Processes>
<Process>
<Filename>chrome.exe</Filename>
</Process>
</Processes>
<Settings>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google\Chrome</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path Recursive="true">Software\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google\Chrome\Extensions</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path Recursive="true">Software\Google\Software Removal Tool</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\RegisteredApplications</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\Capabilities</Path>
</Registry>
<Registry>
<Path>Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\Capabilities\URLAssociations</Path>
</Registry>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad</Path>
<FileMask>settings.dat</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad</Path>
<FileMask>metadata</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Preferences</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Secure Preferences</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Visited Links</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>History-journal</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Login Data</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Bookmarks</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Last Session</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Current Session</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Cookies</FileMask>
</File>
<File>
<Root>
<EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
</Root>
<Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
<FileMask>Cookies-journal</FileMask>
</File>
</Settings>
</SettingsLocationTemplate>
