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the user profile settings like the wallpaper, desktop icons, application settings etc are stored in the ntuser.dat. This is similar for both local and roaming profiles.
Windows Server 2003 supports 3 different types of profiles.They are 1) Local Profile 2) Roaming Profile 3) Mandatory Profile
User profiles, group profiles, screen saver passwords
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users
C:\Users
Start, then right click my computer, select properties, then click the advanced tab under User profiles A+ Guide to Software answer To view all profiles stored on a Windows XP computer, use the System Properties window. Click Start and then right-click My Computer. Select Properties and then click the Advanced tab. Under User Profiles, click the Settings button. For a Windows 2000 computer, in the System Properties window, click the User Profiles tab. A+ Guide to Software TEST answer
Users folder
assuming you have windows it would be saved here. c:\windows\profiles\user\my documents\downloads
In a default installation:For Windows XP:C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\.purple\blist.xmlFor Windows Vista and Windows 7:C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\.purple\blist.xml
The user profiles for XP typically exist in the Documents and Settings folder. With Vista (and its current offspring Windows 7 (maybe 8 too)) the user profiles have been placed into the Users folder. Security has been beefed up too. With XP it was fairly non-existent. Vista/7/8 have a few more controls to be dealt with.
hardware profiles: the range of peripherals connected to the computer (like printers ect) user profiles: the different people who have user accounts on the computer
To view your roaming data, go to the start menu and type in %appdata% and press enter. You can also do this from the run command, which you can access through the start menu or by pressing WINLOGO+R