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[B Wilson]

When setting up a computer you used to be able to copy NTUser.dat of a
configured user to the Default User. Apparantly this is not supported in
sysprep. How can you accomplish the same thing AND use sysprep? Could it be
as simple as setting up the user, installaing the apps, making the setting
changes Run sysprep and complete the minisetup THEN copy NTUser.dat of a
configured user to the Default User. Thata way when you set up the New user
it can use the modified profile?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Guest]

I 'd do this way: setup a user, copy the profile to Default User then only
sysprep

"B Wilson" a écrit :

 

[WM]

If on XPSP2 you do your tasks using the Administrator account, your work is
taken care of for you - XP SP2's version of Sysprep will copy the
Administrator profile over the default user profile, cleaning up what it
needs to. That is the supported way to "clone" a profile's settings and
configuration.

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem, and I found that it does copy the administrator
profile however when limited users login it does not display the background
and some items will not open due to the fact that the registry is pointing
to the administrator profile and they don't have access to it. Am I doing
something wrong? is there any documentation on this? I work for a medium
sized business and we are having all kinds of problems with Sp2 and the
second verison of sysprep. It seems as though changing the default profile is
now impossible? and permissions are a nightmare.
Thanks!

 

[Mike Smith]

I am having the same problem, and I found that it does copy the administrator
profile however when limited users login it does not display the background
and some items will not open due to the fact that the registry is pointing
to the administrator profile and they don't have access to it. Am I doing
something wrong? is there any documentation on this? I work for a medium
sized business and we are having all kinds of problems with Sp2 and the
second verison of sysprep. It seems as though changing the default profile is
now impossible? and permissions are a nightmare.
Thanks!

You may want to look at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=319974

It explains how to get around the permissions issue. I still am
struggling to customize some profiles because I need domain access to
set them up. Once I join the domain, the GPO is applied and I can't
login as the local user any more.

I am having the biggest problem on a Dell server which I want to get
rid og the IE enhanced security since it is a Citrix server. Every
new user who logs in has the IE Enhanced stuff applied.