Re: New user preferences and settings

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_userprofile_copy.mspx?mfr=true

Tip: Create a new user with Administrative privileges then logon to that new user account to copy the profile from the existing Administrator to the other user accounts. Otherwise you may be prevented from copying the profile from the active account to which you might be logged on to a new account.

John

Jonathan Finney wrote:

I've just finished building a new PC and got everything looking the way I want it, but when I add a new user account, it gets created with default settings/appearance, etc.

How can I copy these so that all new users appear like the original administrator account?

I don't want new users to have administrator privileges, so I'd like to use this as a start point, then apply the restrictions before saving these as 'new account' defaults.

I'm sure this must be a well-documented procedure, but I don't know where to find it.


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