Copying user profiles to new users - EXACTLY

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Boe

Hello,

I've tried several method suggested but so far I have yet to succeed on
this. I have often wanted to duplicate a user to a new profile EXACTLY -
where their desktop icons are, their e-mail profile, their favorites, their
screen resolution, the way a folder displays when opened, the buttons in
office, the way their search files preferences - in other words EVERYTHING
EXACTLY the same - is there any way to do this?

I know how to copy favorites, desktop, my documents, but that certainly
won't make folder behavior, desktop layout etc look and act the same. Is
there an easy way to do EVERYTHING?

An example might be if I get everything layed out just right for a default
user and I want to make everything the same for a new user ghosted from this
system. Another example might be if I change the domain a user logs into
it creates a new profile.

Thanks
 
Boe said:
Hello,

I've tried several method suggested but so far I have yet to succeed
on this. I have often wanted to duplicate a user to a new profile
EXACTLY - where their desktop icons are, their e-mail profile, their
favorites, their screen resolution, the way a folder displays when
opened, the buttons in office, the way their search files preferences
- in other words EVERYTHING EXACTLY the same - is there any way to do
this?
I know how to copy favorites, desktop, my documents, but that
certainly won't make folder behavior, desktop layout etc look and act
the same. Is there an easy way to do EVERYTHING?

An example might be if I get everything layed out just right for a
default user and I want to make everything the same for a new user
ghosted from this system. Another example might be if I change the
domain a user logs into it creates a new profile.

Thanks
Click to expand...

F.A.S.T. or USMT come closest to what you want.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/usmt.mspx
 
Boe said:
Hello,

I've tried several method suggested but so far I have yet to succeed
on this. I have often wanted to duplicate a user to a new profile
EXACTLY - where their desktop icons are, their e-mail profile, their
favorites, their screen resolution, the way a folder displays when
opened, the buttons in office, the way their search files preferences
- in other words EVERYTHING EXACTLY the same - is there any way to do
this?
I know how to copy favorites, desktop, my documents, but that
certainly won't make folder behavior, desktop layout etc look and act
the same. Is there an easy way to do EVERYTHING?

An example might be if I get everything layed out just right for a
default user and I want to make everything the same for a new user
ghosted from this system. Another example might be if I change the
domain a user logs into it creates a new profile.

Thanks
Click to expand...

You might want to make a copy of the default user profile before you do
this. When you have your user profile set the way you want it to be, go to
My Computer/Properties/Advanced/ User Profiles and click the Settings
button. Select the profile of the user that you have set up. Click Copy To.
Browse to Local Disk (C):, Documents and Settings, DefaultUser and click OK
to replace the Default User. Click the button called Permitted to use. Add
Everyone so that any user who logs in will use the profile.
 
Thanks, I'll give that a try.
RA said:
You might want to make a copy of the default user profile before you do
this. When you have your user profile set the way you want it to be, go
to My Computer/Properties/Advanced/ User Profiles and click the Settings
button. Select the profile of the user that you have set up. Click Copy
To. Browse to Local Disk (C):, Documents and Settings, DefaultUser and
click OK to replace the Default User. Click the button called Permitted to
use. Add Everyone so that any user who logs in will use the profile.
Click to expand...
 
Thanks - I read through the basics, download it and can't tell if I'm doing
it right. It wasn't as intuitive to me as I would have hoped.

Can you give me an example as this is a LOT of switches for a newbie to get.
If I have a user set up EXACTLY the way I want. They are on the C: drive
and I want to make a duplicate of that user on that same computer - e.g.
user BOB is set up perfectly and when user MARY logs in, I want her profile
to look exactly like BOB's - How can I do this?

e.g. - what should I type for scanstate and load state?scanstate c:\store
/i:migapp.inf /i:migsys.inf /i:miguser.inf /i:sysfiles.inf /v:1 /x /s /f
 
It's trial and error. Without knowing exactly what you are doing no one
could you exact instructions. First few times with any tool there's a
learning curve.
 
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