USMT capture and restore

[P@docIT]

I need help understanding this function. I can't seem to locate any straight forward direction on how to capture and restore user setting using an SMP. I created a TS and it automatically created two groups "Capture Files and Settings" and "Capture User Files and Settings". This doesn't seem to work straight "out of the box". The groups run but when I look at the folder I created on the DP to be designated as the SMP it's empty. I have a TS that will be advertised to the machines, I ultimately would just like it to capture any user/network/machine settings, copy them to the SMP, apply the OS and copy the settings back. Could someone point me to a basic guide on how to do this. It seems like it's a basic function but I can't for the life of me seem to find anything. Everything I've found is for storing locally or using hardlinking (maybe that's what I want to use for the SMP, I have no idea). Very lost on this issue.

 

Thanks,

Mike

[P@docIT]

Well I think I found part of my problem. Roaming profiles?. I guess I just assumed that it would use the info on the local machine, even though the profile roams there is still a local copy of it. I guess that's what i get for assuming, lol.

[P@docIT]

Actually just decided to go hardlink local using the capture setting from the TS here on win-noob

 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1633-sample-xp-to-windows-7-task-sequences/