Changing registry settings for a brand new account

Is there a way to set registry settings for a new user account that
was created programatically? The problem is the registry settings
don't exist until the user logs in to the machine for the first time.

So is there a way to either:
1. create the user profile programatically, or
2. run a script only the first time that user logs into a machine?

Other ideas?

andrewbb wrote:
> Is there a way to set registry settings for a new user account that
> was created programatically? The problem is the registry settings
> don't exist until the user logs in to the machine for the first
> time.
>
> So is there a way to either:
> 1. create the user profile programatically, or
> 2. run a script only the first time that user logs into a machine?

Logon script?
Put something in the user's startup file when you create the account?

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If the change is to be made to all new users you can make the change in
the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT hive, this is the hive that is used to create
the new user's hive when they first log on.

John

andrewbb@gmail.com wrote:

> Is there a way to set registry settings for a new user account that
> was created programatically? The problem is the registry settings
> don't exist until the user logs in to the machine for the first time.
>
> So is there a way to either:
> 1. create the user profile programatically, or
> 2. run a script only the first time that user logs into a machine?
>
> Other ideas?
>