Re: configuring multiple users in WinXP

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Dear Pegasus,

I come back to this thread, because I eventually got a series of problems
with my attempts of giving a new user (test2) an environment similar to a
test1 user. I could not come earlier to this forum becasue I was travelling.


I followed your suggestions (configuring the test1 user as I wished,
rebooting the machine, logging as an Administrator [different from test1
user], and copying the profile of the test1 user to the "default user" by My
computer -> properties -> Advanced -> User profile and there copying the
user "basic" to "default".

However, the copy failed after a few files with the message that there was a
permission violation. If I repeat the procedure, I got also a failure, but
with a different message and about a different file... So it seems that the
copying process is unable to go to completion.

The trouble is that
(a) the default user was *apparently* not changed, in the sense that when
creating a new user (say test2), its environment is *not* that of test1 but
looks like the one one gets when creating a new user normally ...
(b) however, some subtle differences existed, among one which was
particularly annoying and which is that the keyboard and thhe "International"
environment of the newly created user (test2) was no longer the keyboard
(Belgian French) and the International environment (Belgian French with euro
currency) of test1 or of the Administrator, but a US keyboard and a US
environment... I could correct the keyboard (by deleting the US keyboard and
adding a Belgian French keyboard, but I could *not* change the International
Environment (it always reverted to the US environment). The only way I was
able to retrieve a normal basic configuration for keyboard International
environment when creating a new user was to make a repair of Windows.

So, my questions, if I may ask them, is
- what has prevented the Default User to correctly acquire the configuration
of test1 ?
- alternatively, is there any other mean to obtain the effect I am looking
for (i.e. have test2 having a similar environment of test1 without having to
make all the configuration manually ?

Kind regards,

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"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> The User#2 profile is probably greyed out because you did
> not reboot after using that account, as per the first step in
> my original response.
>
> Copying profiles manually is possible but may fail to copy hidden
> or locked files. You should use the inbuilt method.
>
>
> "Paul (Bornival)" <PaulBornival@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:A1752785-43BF-49FA-AE09-E2FDFC2959D9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Dear Pegasus,
> > Thank you for your fast reply (see copy hereunder). I tried what you
> > suggested, but the only profile I can copy is that of "Administrator" (the
> > machine I am experimenting with has 3 profiles: "Administrator"; "User#1"
> > with administrator's priviledges; and "User#2" with user's priviledges.
> It
> > is "User#2" that I want to clone. The "Copy" button is greyed when I
> select
> > that profile. Now, from what you write, I wonder if I may not simply copy
> > all files in "C:\Documents and Settings\User#2" to "C:\Documenst and
> > Settings\Default User" (thus, overwriting the properties of the basic
> > "Default User"). Then, indeed, the Default User should have the same
> > configuration as User#2 ... Would that work or would I have problems with
> > identities ?
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > - 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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