Re: sp2 - sysprep overwrites default user

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 00:35:48 +0200

cquirke (MVP Win9x) wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:35:20 GMT, ("Darrell Gorter[MSFT]") wrote:
>
>> You customize the local administrator profile rather than the
>> default user profile. Then all your customizations in the local
>> administrator are moved over to the default user account.
>
> Are you saying that the settings you apply to the first account
> created on the system, will be transferred to subserquently
> created accounts? Does this happen on an ongoing basis?

No, only once. Here is what happens:

The mini-setup that runs after sysprep is run, copies the Administrator
profile over to the Default User profile (the source for future new
accounts). This copy step is new for SP2.

And now it looks like steps being taken to to make the process of
copying the admin profile over the default optional:

http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=HALz%24KekEHA.3852%40cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl

Before SP2, you needed to do this copying yourself:

291586 How To Add Customized User Settings When You Run Sysprep
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291586

305709 HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305709

319974 How To Create a Custom Default User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=319974

> I don't use or know sysprep; as a small (DSP) system builder, I'm not
> sure if I have access to those tools (WinPE is denied me).

Sysprep is a public, free tool, here is the SP2 version:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3E90DC91-AC56-4665-949B-BEDA3080E0F6&displaylang=en

More deployment information here:

Service Pack 2 for Windows XP: Resources for IT Professionals
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/winxpsp2 

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