Changing XP defaults by a script

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I have to install Windows XP Pro on lots of PCs. I would like to change
the following defaults for all users:

- Desktop to have Background=None
- Desktop to have shortcuts for My Computer and My Documents
- Quick Launch Toolbar=enabled
- Lock the Taskbar=disabled
- Folder options to have:
- View for all folders/files=Details
- Show Hidden Files and Folders=enabled
- Hide extensions for known file types=disabled
- Use simple file sharing=disabled

All of these must be some registry settings. The best would be to have
a script on a USB key which I could run on any target system. Can some
one help me with such a script?

Thanks,
Vinod
 
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I have to install Windows XP Pro on lots of PCs. I would like to
change the following defaults for all users:

- Desktop to have Background=None
- Desktop to have shortcuts for My Computer and My Documents
- Quick Launch Toolbar=enabled
- Lock the Taskbar=disabled
- Folder options to have:
- View for all folders/files=Details
- Show Hidden Files and Folders=enabled
- Hide extensions for known file types=disabled
- Use simple file sharing=disabled

All of these must be some registry settings. The best would be to have
a script on a USB key which I could run on any target system. Can some
one help me with such a script?

Thanks,
Vinod
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Group policy is where you'd do all this stuff....do you use Active
Directory?

If you're doing a mass install of new machines, look into clone software
such as Acronis corporate edition.
 
You could also look into Symantec's "Ghost" product. It'll allow you
to create an image of a machine, and use that image to basically clone
the setup of the first machines to as many as you like.
 
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Jim said:
You could also look into Symantec's "Ghost" product. It'll allow you
to create an image of a machine, and use that image to basically clone
the setup of the first machines to as many as you like.
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True. But I'm boycotting Symantec these days.
 
I have to install Windows XP Pro on lots of PCs. I would like to change
the following defaults for all users:

- Desktop to have Background=None
- Desktop to have shortcuts for My Computer and My Documents
- Quick Launch Toolbar=enabled
- Lock the Taskbar=disabled
- Folder options to have:
- View for all folders/files=Details
- Show Hidden Files and Folders=enabled
- Hide extensions for known file types=disabled
- Use simple file sharing=disabled

All of these must be some registry settings. The best would be to have
a script on a USB key which I could run on any target system. Can some
one help me with such a script?

Thanks,
Vinod
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You could make all those settings on one account then copy that User
Profile to a folder on the flash drive, then on the other machines copy
that folder contents to the Default User folder on all the other
machines prior to creating new accounts on them.

Steve N.
 
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