Profile customization In Windows 8

Profile customization in Windows 8 is simple. Both roaming and local profiles are available in
Windows 8. Roaming profiles allow user customizations to be saved remotely and accessed
on any Windows 8 machine. Local profiles are stored locally on the file system volume just like
those in previous versions of Windows. To manage the user experience for generated local
profiles, Sysprep is available in Windows 8. Default customizations can be packaged, just like
in Windows 7, and redeployed in the out-of-box experience (OOBE) after system imaging is
performed.

One new profile customization feature reduces the necessity for multiple images in
an  environment. Using Group Policy objects (GPOs) and AppLocker, limitations and user
 restrictions can be set on individual programs. Instead of having various images for   different
types of users, this option allows you to deploy general images to your environment and
simply limit program availability to different groups. For more information about AppLocker,
see Chapter 6, “Delivering Windows 8 apps.”