| Now that you have created the necessary user profile and home directory shares, you will need to create and configure any new and or existing users to take advantage of profiles that roam from server to server and a terminal specific user home directory. If you are going to be deploying more than one server, you will be required to make changes to the User Property form to run users in a Terminal Services environment. Because MetaFrame XP supports multiple simultaneous users, a separate copy of any application-specific .INI files is maintained for each user. Any .INI files associated with Windows applications are searched for in the user-specific home directory. If a user installs a Windows application, .INI files are created or modified in that directory. If you want multiple users to use the same Windows application, you must use the change user /install command to install all application .INI and .DLL files into the MetaFrame XP system directories during software installation, or manually copy and merge the appropriate information into each user's .INI files in their respective home directories. As described in the Install Application section of this document. Citrix MetaFrame XP requires a user to have a home directory to store application settings informational files. When adding a user to the MetaFrame farm you must add a Terminal Server Home Directory, which is located by clicking the profile button in the users properties box. Click the Connect radio button and select the drive letter you assigned for exclusive use for the users Citrix home directory and then type \\servername\ts users home directory\%username% in the Terminal Services Home Directory text box. The following is a screen shot of the users Terminal Services Profile tab in Windows 2000s Users and Computers utility: 
Important! You will want to hide this drive from the users view, as described in Implement Windows System Polices section of this document. The home directory does not need to be seen by or used by the end-user and it only causes support calls so I have always recommend you hide it.
A Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 User Profile describes the Windows NT configuration for a specific user, including the users environment and preference settings. For example, those settings and configuration options specific to the usersuch as installed applications, desktop icons, color options, and so forthare contained in a User Profile. Profile settings are applied to the user during logon and updated each time a user logs off properly. A word to the wise, you need to keep your eye on the size of the profile folder. This can be done in multiple ways; you can set disk quotas via group policies and I recommend excluding the Internet Temporary Files from the user profile via group policies. I will discuss policies in more detail later on in the document. A profile path is used to store the look and feel of your workspace environment. When adding a user to the MetaFrame farm, you must add a Terminal Server Profile Path located by clicking the profile button in the users properties box Type: \\servername\profiles share\%username% in the Terminal Server Profile Path text box as show below. The following is a screen shot of the users terminal services profile tab in Windows 2000s Users and Computers utility. 
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