Using a master NTUSER file

[Blackberry]

Hi All

I work in a number of schools and I have to set up (too) many PCs in the
same standard form. Because 99% of these are Win2K3 clients we are talking
numerous user profiles as well, so I currently log on as one user, set the
Desktop, Screensaveer, etc stuff up and then copy the NTUSER file from this
account to the default user so that every user profile that logs on has this
style. This seems to work fine, but I would now like to take this a step
further and keep of a copy of this NTUSER file so that on a new machine I
simply drop this into the default user folder straight away.

My question is, am I allowed to do this from one machine to another or will
it screw it up? Although 99% of our machines are XP Pro SP2, if I dropped
my master NTUSER file into a Win XP Home or Win XP Pro SP1 PC would it screw
things up?

Thanks

 

[Malke]

Hi All

I work in a number of schools and I have to set up (too) many PCs in the
same standard form. Because 99% of these are Win2K3 clients we are talking
numerous user profiles as well, so I currently log on as one user, set the
Desktop, Screensaveer, etc stuff up and then copy the NTUSER file from this
account to the default user so that every user profile that logs on has this
style. This seems to work fine, but I would now like to take this a step
further and keep of a copy of this NTUSER file so that on a new machine I
simply drop this into the default user folder straight away.

My question is, am I allowed to do this from one machine to another or will
it screw it up? Although 99% of our machines are XP Pro SP2, if I dropped
my master NTUSER file into a Win XP Home or Win XP Pro SP1 PC would it screw
things up?

1. You should be using imaging heavily to support the workstations and
server. I prefer Acronis enterprise software; some people like Symantec
Ghost.

2. How To Create a Custom Default User Profile -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319974
Create an XP Pro Mandatory User Profile on the Local Machine -
http://www.tweakxp.com/article139898.aspx
How To Assign a Mandatory User Profile in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307800&sd=tech


Malke