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Hi,
I am trying to automate some setup functions, but I am running into a bit of
a problem. We are a pathology lab and our pathologists rotate offices
weekly, therefore they use multiple machines. So I need to have every
pathologist pre-configured in every office so that when a pathologist logs
in, they can get right to work. Roaming profiles will not work in this case
because a lot of the offices are in different hospitals, so they're not a
part of our local network. All machines are Windows 2000, by the way.
Anyways, what I have done is I have completely configured one machine with
all of the pathologists' logins and everything they need in each of their
profiles. I would like to just go to another machine, login as admin, and
paste these pre-configured profiles into the Documents and Settings folder
and be done. But it doesn't work that way. If I put a pathologist's profile
in the Docs & Settings folder, then login as that pathologist, it will create
a new profile for that pathologist and add a ".<domain-name>" after it or
something else, but it won't just take the profile that's already there.
Now, if I login as that pathologist first (before putting the pre-configured
profile in), it will create the profile with the same name that I created the
profile with. Then I can logout, log back in as admin, rename or delete the
newly created profile, then paste the profile I created in it's place, I can
then logout of admin, log back in as the pathologist and all of the
pre-configured settings are there.
The problem is, I don't want to have to login to every machine as every
pathologist, then still have to go in and delete their profiles and put in
the ones that I configured. I really hope there's an easier way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Mark
I am trying to automate some setup functions, but I am running into a bit of
a problem. We are a pathology lab and our pathologists rotate offices
weekly, therefore they use multiple machines. So I need to have every
pathologist pre-configured in every office so that when a pathologist logs
in, they can get right to work. Roaming profiles will not work in this case
because a lot of the offices are in different hospitals, so they're not a
part of our local network. All machines are Windows 2000, by the way.
Anyways, what I have done is I have completely configured one machine with
all of the pathologists' logins and everything they need in each of their
profiles. I would like to just go to another machine, login as admin, and
paste these pre-configured profiles into the Documents and Settings folder
and be done. But it doesn't work that way. If I put a pathologist's profile
in the Docs & Settings folder, then login as that pathologist, it will create
a new profile for that pathologist and add a ".<domain-name>" after it or
something else, but it won't just take the profile that's already there.
Now, if I login as that pathologist first (before putting the pre-configured
profile in), it will create the profile with the same name that I created the
profile with. Then I can logout, log back in as admin, rename or delete the
newly created profile, then paste the profile I created in it's place, I can
then logout of admin, log back in as the pathologist and all of the
pre-configured settings are there.
The problem is, I don't want to have to login to every machine as every
pathologist, then still have to go in and delete their profiles and put in
the ones that I configured. I really hope there's an easier way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Mark