Re: XPsp2 and WMP10 and default profiles - a solution
From: Tim Munro (Excelsior_at_Liamtoh.moc)
Date: 10/26/04
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:10:47 -0400
Well, I've figured out a way around this, so I thought I'd share it with
the group.
Before setting this up you will need to create a script (provided below)
to:
a) rename "Default User" (created from Administrator by sysrep) to
"DefUser.Org" (or what ever you like)
b) rename "DefUser" (see below) to "Default User"
c) delete DefUser.org <- optional step
This script needs to be referenced in the SysPrep.inf file, under
"[GuiRunOnce]"
Now you have the script, and it's reference:
- Proceed as normal for creating your "Default User"
- Just before you "reseal", RENAME (don't copy) "Default User" to some
other name. I use "DefUser"
- reseal and away you go.
Here's the ccript:
Sub FixDefaultUser()
Const Folder1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User"
Const Folder2 = "C:\Documents and Settings\DefUser"
Const Folder3 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Default.Org"
Dim Fso
set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesystemObject")
fso.MoveFolder Folder1, Folder3
if err.number <> 0 then
wscript.echo "Renaming Default User failed."
Wscript.quit(1)
end if
fso.MoveFolder Folder2, Folder1
if err.number <> 0 then
wscript.echo "Renaming DefUser to Default User failed."
wscript.quit(1)
else
wscript.echo "Default User successfully rebuilt!"
end if
set fso = nothing
err.clear
End Sub
And here's the Sysprep.inf stuff:
[GuiRunOnce]
; if the above script sub routine was placed in a file called finalize.vbs
then
; the appropriate entry would be:
"C:\Util\Finalize.vbs"
I hope this helps anyone suffering from these SP2 and WMP 10 changes
-- Tim "Tim Munro" <Excelsiot@Liamtoh.moc> wrote in message news:%23mKNm1ftEHA.2688@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > I know this doens't help at all, but I too have this same problem. > A solution would be most welcome. > > -- > Tim > > "Sir Timbit" <sir_timbit@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:OYx2ZYftEHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... >> Hi there, >> >> I just finished updating a school lab image to XPsp2 and have a couple of >> questions about the default user and Windows Media Player 10. >> >> I've always used the local administrator profile as my default user, so >> it's configured the way I want it to be, and then I copy it over to the >> default user profile. All well and good, but I've noticed that with SP2 >> and Windows Media Player 10 installed, XP always creates a Windows Media >> Player icon on the desktop. It even removes the one I placed in the All >> Users\Entertainment folder. Worse, when you first run it, you get the >> annoying welcome and configuration screen. >> >> I had all this preconfigured in the administrator profile. I don't want >> the Windows Media Player icon on the desktop and I don't want to have >> each user having to configure it when they first run. >> >> I've read elsewhere that there were changes in Sysprep for XPsp2 and that >> it ignores the default user profile folder and uses the Administrator >> folder instead, but that doesn't seem to apply here, as that is what I >> was using anyway. >> >> Does anyone know how to force the Windows Media Player settings in the >> default profile to stick? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Rick >> > >
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