Re: Managing User accounts

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Thank-you, Ramesh. Forgive me for not having looked in detail at the second
option to 'modify settings for other user profiles' yet. But if this only
allows editing of one user's settings at a time, what is the advantage over
just going into their desktop and changing the settings that way (unless of
course their account is password protected)?

Mike

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Mike,
>
> The "Default User" is a template for creating new users. When you create a
> new user account and login the first time, all of the Start menu entries and
> Document entries from the "Default User" are initially assigned to your new
> user account.
>
> Windows XP uses the built-in default user profile as a template to assign a
> profile to each new user. Many users customize this built-in profile with a
> custom default user profile so that each new user receives a custom version
> of the profile. If you wish to customize the "Default User" profile, see
> this MS-KB for more information:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=319974
>
> If OTOH, you want to modify the settings for other user profiles, you can
> load their NTUSER.DAT hive and then alter it via the Registry Editor. The
> following links will help.
>
> Load a hive into the registry:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_adv_reg_editing.htm
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307016
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/967e371b-40f8-4562-ac7c-91e8f251d65b.mspx
>
> How to add, modify, or delete registry subkeys and values by using a
> registration entries (.reg) file:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310516
>
> P.S: Display setting is a per-machine setting, not per-user.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C326C53F-DDC8-448A-981F-AF195CE1ED17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > As an administrator, how can I apply settings to User accounts globally,
> > without having to change each one individually, e.g. to set display
> > options
> > etc?
>
>
.

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