Re: Account naming and cloning issues.


"Pegasus" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote:

"Robbie Hatley" wrote:

Greetings, group. I have a couple questions about Win2000 accounts:

1. RENAMING. (query about how to rename account folders)

What would be the benefit of renaming the profile folders?

So that one can tell at a glance which folder belongs to which
user, and not have to remember, "Hmmm.... 'Bob' is actually Tom,
'Pete' is actually Sam, 'Tom' is actually Pete..." etc. :-)

2. CLONING. (query about how to clone accounts)

Try this:
1. Log on as the new user. Let's assume it's Robbie.
2. Reboot the machine.
3. Log on as an administrator (but NOT as the owner of the profile
to be cloned)
4. Copy the profile to be cloned via the Control Panel / System /
Advanced / User Profiles. Specify "c:\Documents and Settings\Robbie"
as the target.

COOL!!! Thanks!!! I used that to create three new accounts:

- an alternate administration account
- a power-user account
- a user account (which I'll use most of the time)

I cloned the default administrator profile to all of those, and
I'm now recognized as the same "identity" on all four accounts,
and all my stuff is the same (desktop settings, web, email, etc.)

I did have to do some deleting of unnecessary files, because my
default administrator account had bloated to 500MB in size, so
cloning it ate up 1.5GB of disk space. Easily fixed in 30min,
though, by riffling through all the files and deleting unnecessary
junk.

Anything requiring passwords (email, usenet) on the new accts asks
me for my password the very first time I use it, but that's ok.

The accts will likely drift apart as time goes by, but for now
they're all identical, which is exactly what I wanted.

Thanks!

--
Cheers,
Robbie Hatley
lonewolf aatt well dott com
triple-dubya dott tustinfreezone dott org


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