Re: Sysprep and Admin Profile

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No, I am not logged in as the Administrator. I created a dummy account with
Admin rights and logged in as that. For some reason Windows 2003 won't even
give you an option to copy Admin profile. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

"Chris M" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Dragon" <NoSpam_Baadil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I am trying to create a ghost image of Windows 2003 server. After all my
>> configuration is done, I realized that Win2003 is not allowing me to copy
>> the Administration profile onto default user profile. I can copy any
>> other user but not Administrator. Is there a way for me to copy the
>> Administrator profile onto Default User profile without me having to
>> reconfigure everything on a temp user?
>
> Are you logged in as the Administrator when you're trying to do this? If
> so, create a new user, give them Admin rights, log in as them and then you
> should be able to copy the Administrator profile. You cannot copy a
> profile that is in use.
>
> --
> Chris M.
>


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