Custom Default User Profile

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I am using Windows XP Professional.
I logged on as Administrator and setup the administrator profile with all
the attributes that I wanted to see for all users.
I followed the instructions in this Microsoft article (ID# 319974) which
explains the process of making a Custom Default User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319974

Then I followed the instructions in this Microsoft article (ID# 321281)
which explains a known flaw when copying a profile to the DEFAULT PROFILE:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321281

Before the second article, all the users would log on and have a custom "My
Documents" folder which showed up as "%username% Documents", but their
profile would not be customized.
I completed the instructions in the second article and found that each
user's customized "%username% Documents" was no longer available and became
the standard which is “My Documentsâ€. Meanwhile, when I logged on as
Administrator the custom "My Documents" folder (which reads in this case:
"Administrator's Documents") would still show up.

1. I just wanted to make sure that I am applying the second article
correctly, because the Administrator account, when logged on, is still
showing a custom “My Documents�
2. Can I force the system to have personalized "My Documents" folders for
each user after copying a custom profile to the Default User profile?
3. Are there any other glitches or flaws I should be aware of when creating
a custom Default profile?

Thanx.
Lex
 
Lex,

For question 2: Can I force the system to have personalized "My Documents"
folders for
each user after copying a custom profile to the Default User profile?

See if you can force this command-line when a new user logs in (the first
time):

rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit

Perhaps, you can add this command-line in the Custom default profile
template, though I've not done it practically yet.
 
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