Re: configuring multiple users in WinXP

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"Paul (Bornival)" <PaulBornival@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have to install and configure several users on several computers (all
> running WinXP). How can I transfer the configuration of a "typical user"
to
> other user's profiles so that they will all look alike ? I am not talking
> here about transferring a user's profile from one computer to another one,
> but about making a "typical user" profile on one computer and then
"cloning"
> it either to the same computer or to other computers. Each of these
clones
> will, however, need to exist under the name of their "owner" so that they
are
> distinct from one another.
> Example:
> - I configure one user as "user #1" with all details as I want them
(Windows
> appearance, shortcuts on the task bar, etc...);
> - I want all those properties to be transferred to "user #2" which I
create
> on the same computer or on another computer);
> - the identity of "user #2" must be distinc from that of "user #1", so tat
I
> get now two users (#1 and #2) who look alike but have different names.
>
> Any help would be appreciated !

- Reboot the machine.
- Log on under an account other than your "Typical" account.
- Go to Control Panel / System / Advanced / User Profiles
- Use the "Copy" button to copy the "Typical" account
to the hidden folder "c:\documents and settings\default user".

Every account you create from now on will have the properties
of he "Typical" account.


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