RE: Default User profile



Is it possible to copy this defualt usr profile to other machines in our
enviroent provided they are running windows 200?

George


"Ken Zhao [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello George,
>
> Thank you for using newsgroup!
>
> From your post, you want to force default user profile to use in Windows
> 2000 environment.
>
> Firstly, I would like to thanks for Dave's good suggestions.
>
> For your request, you may follow these steps to create a Custom Default
> User Profile :
> 1. Log on to the computer as the administrator, and then create a local
> user account.
> 2. Log off as the administrator, and then log on to the computer through
> the local user account that you just created.
>
> Note that permissions issues will result if the custom user profile is
> created when you log on as an administrator.
> 3. Customize the profile appropriately. For example, install printers and
> map necessary drives.
> 4. Log off as the local user, and then log back on as the administrator.
> 5. Because several of the files in the profile are hidden and must be
> copied into the new custom default user profile, turn on the Show hidden
> files and folders option:
> a. Double-click My Computer, click Tools, and then click Folder Options.
> b. On the View tab, under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and
> folders, and then click OK.
>
> 6. Replace the current default user profile with the customized default
> user profile:
> a. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
> b. Double-click System.
> c. On the User Profiles tab, click the user profile that you just created,
> and then click Copy To.
> d. In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, click Browse, click
> the \Documents and Settings\Default User folder, and then click OK.
> e. Under Permitted to use, click Change, click Everyone, and then click OK.
>
> Windows 2000 will now assign the custom default user profile to any new
> user who logs on to the computer.
>
> For more information, please refer to the following articles:
> 305709: How to Create a Custom Default User Profile
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305709
>
> 214636: How to Set the Path for the Local Default User Profile
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;214636
>
> I hope the information helps!
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Ken Zhao
>
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> | I ran a strictly w2k enviroment. What i want to do is on each
> workstation
> | have a default user profile set up that wehn a new user logs on they get
> this
> | profile. They are free to make changes as the want but I want this
> profile
> | to be the base they start out with. How can I do this?
> |
> | George
> |
>
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