Default Profile: standard wallpaper/settings for all newly created profiles

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Win2K pro:
I'm attempting to make a machine that, once a user logs in, and creates a
new profile, the desktop will always look the same. Important things are
really only the wallpaper, colors, and IE not asking if the user wants to
create a new internet account.

These would all be simple regedits, if the profile existed. However, I'm
looking for the "Default User" 's registry. So that whatever I put into the
"Default User"'s reg. get's copied over to any newly created profiles.

I first guessed the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT section is what I wanted, but I was
wrong. It's only for before login, and at the ctrl-alt-delete screen. I've
tried a couple other ways, but no avil. The only thing I can get working is
setting a Group Policy to enable active desktop, and force the active
desktop wallpaper to be what I want. However, this leaves out the other
things (Colors etc..) that I want.

Since I'm logging into a domain (One that I don't have complete control
over), I believe that new profile settings are being downloaded from some
kind of a network profile. However I can't locate this, and probably don't
have access to change it. I only have access over the local machine.

Well, any help, or at least pointers on where to look would be appreciated.
Thanks
 
If you are connected to the domain, and it is forcing
group policy settings to be applied to your machine, then
unfortunately there isn't much you can do without access
to the domain/OU group policy. The local one is
overwritten by the domain/OU one.
 
I don't belive it's a group policy because the users can change their
desktop/settings. However, initially, they are setup with horrible colors
that are not the win2k default. Thus leading me to believe that their
profile is being downloaded from somewhere.
 
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