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Where Does Windows Vista Store The Profile Image?

Hello Everyone, I was just wondering if anyone knows where vista stores the profile images for each user account. I know in XP it is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures, but when I browse the equivalent path in vista, all I have is a user.bmp and a guest.bmp. I understand that t...

Pointers to user profile frameworks in Java

I'm looking for pointers to something that I may be overlooking (or maybe something that Jivebot hasn't yet written for me). What I want is a pre-rolled Java framework for managing user accounts that takes care of most of the common tasks associated with such. For instance, Jfacets is a good approach to automagic view controlling, but y...

How can I crop/scale user images so I can display fixed sized thumbnails without skewing and stretching?

I'm working on allowing users to upload profile pictures for my site. The classic example of what I'm trying to avoid is plentyoffish.com where each users image is skewed and looks very ugly: So, how can I progmatically crop/create standard sized versions of an image without the skewing demonstrated above? ...

URL segment - User Profiles - Codeigniter

Hey guys, I'm trying to create user profiles for my site where the url is something like mysite.com/user/ChrisSalij Currently my controller looks like so: <?php class User extends Controller { function user(){ parent::Controller(); } function index(){ $data['username'] = $this->uri->segment(2); if(...

How to generate a local user profile for a new user account in Windows?

I have created a new local Windows account and want to modify some of the personal data for this new created profile. But if this account was never logged in, the profile data is not generated and so I cannot modify it. I want to modify things like the NTUSER.dat to customize the Current User Registry and prepare things in the user’s per...

Is it possible to use custom data types for MOSS user profile properties?

We're wanting to add some properties to our MOSS user profiles and expose them to the people search. However, some of the data are more complex than just a string or choice or whatever. I've been looking around, and I can't seem to figure out if it's possible to create custom data types for use with the user profiles. Does anyone know if...

SharePoint UserProfile ChoiceList - comma is an invalid charcter for the picker control?

We are storing an office address field on a user profile in our MOSS installation. For the field I'd like to use a choice list to limit the user to selecting an office with the address in the correct format. The office address is the full address of the office (rather than just an id of some kind as one might use) - this is so that the ...

Django Admin: Ordering of ForeignKey and ManyToManyField relations referencing User

Hello, I have an application that makes use of Django's UserProfile to extend the built-in Django User model. Looks a bit like: class UserProfile(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True) # Local Stuff image_url_s = models.CharField(max_length=128, blank=True) image_url_m = models.CharField(max_length=...

How to check if a another user is on the same or lower level in the company hierarchy?

I've got this: UserProfile prof = getUserProfile(properties.CurrentUserId); UserProfile toCheck = getUserProfile(anotherUsersId); "prof" user must be on a higher or on the same level as "toCheck" user. If "toCheck" is on a lower level he/she must be on the same branch of the hierarchy tree. If they are on the same level, their manager...

how to configure same profile for every user in a organization

I need to set the user variables and settings for every user in a domine when I am configuring the workstation for him. the settings. are :Advanced performance options- visual effects for best performances 2. Java Auto update option is to be disabled or unchecked 3.in Internet security sttings under Download - Misclanious -DIsply Mixed...

Syncing profile details with active directory

Several fields in MOSS profiles are mapped to fields in active directory and we have given the user the ability to modify these. But when the incremental profile import runs it overwrites these with the old values from active directory. How do we make it so that AD is updated with the new values from the profile? Thanks for any sugges...

How do I get the current user's desktop folder location *after* they have moved it?

I'm hoping there's a way to play with environment variables to achieve this because I need to access this in a Windows command shell. I found the directory in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] Desktop, but I have no idea how to access this information from a command shell! %UserPr...

Importing into the SPS-Birthday field in Sharepoint from Custom Field in Active Directory, why does it always store a null value?

For reference this is the User Profile Properties section of Sharepoint where you can start an import. Ours is configured to interface with Active Directory. We have mapped the SPS-Birthday field to a custom field in Active Directory since Active Directory doesn't natively store birthdays. Everytime we try to import a birthday from ...

Add new property to user profile using UserProfileService

Hello all, In MOSS 2007 using UserProfileService webservice I'm able to read/update an already existing property from a user profile. Is possible to use this webservice to create new properties ? If yes how ? Thank you ! ...

Using binary type of a UserProperty

Hello, For some reason I need to save some big strings into user profiles. Because a property with type string has a limit to 400 caracters I decited to try with binary type (PropertyDataType.Binary) that allow a length of 7500. My ideea is to convert the string that I have into binary and save to property. I create the property using t...

user profile issue with Forms Authentication and SharePoint

Hello everyone, I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. And I am using publishing portal. And I am using a custom Forms authentication solution -- I store user name and password in a custom (schema) SQL Server database. The database stores user profile information. I am developing using VSTS 200...

User Profile and User Infomation List common Properties

Aim: It has to pull the properties are common between "User Profile" and "User Information List" It has to pull the all users from the given site-collection It has to check the common property values (refer: step-1) are in "User Profile" and "User Information List" and should list out the property along with the userName if these is...

Difference between UserProfile & User Information List Property Values?

If I checks the FirstName & LastName Property values in UserProfile it has someValue however the same properties does not have anyValue in User Information List, what would the reason behind this? Even I could see comma (",") separated value for some Field in UIL however the same value is in UserProfile without comma (",") .... Profile...

Rails: How to treat some fields of model info independently? Eg. Account vs. Profile information.

I have a User model with the usual information (login, email, name, location, etc). However, when users decide to edit their information, I'd like to separate the fields to be edited according to the appropriate concerns. For example, I'd like to have Name, Bio and Location to be edited on a Profile page or tab, and login, email and pa...

UserInformations are getting updated.

Whatever changes made on the UserInformtion in AD, it is not getting updated in users Mysite. Farm Information: SharePoint 2007 + SP2 + Dec-09 CU. Issue: AD-Team changes the user email-id. changes are getting updated in SSP. changes are not getting populated from SSP to Mysite/Site-collections. any thoughts? ...