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Holdout2000 - 08 Dec 2006 00:22 GMT

Can you create a "Default User" profile in Windows Vista like in XP SP2. So
that every user that logs on to a machine get the same profile created?
(Desktop, Programs, etc.)

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Adam Leinss - 10 Dec 2006 19:14 GMT

> Can you create a "Default User" profile in Windows Vista like in
> XP SP2. So that every user that logs on to a machine get the same
> profile created? (Desktop, Programs, etc.)

Yes, only now it's C:\users\default instead of C:\documents and
settings\default user.

Adam

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Holdout2000 - 11 Dec 2006 15:49 GMT

Adam,

Thanks for the response. I found that too late Friday Afternoon after my
original post. One thing I don't like is the way everyone is denied list
access to these folders and files.

> > Can you create a "Default User" profile in Windows Vista like in
> > XP SP2. So that every user that logs on to a machine get the same
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>
> Adam

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Jimmy Brush - 11 Dec 2006 23:08 GMT

Hello,

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> One thing I don't like is the way everyone is denied list
> access to these folders and files.

List access is denied to the application compatability junctions that exist
in Windows Vista, such as "default user". If this were not so,
junction-unaware applications may misbehave. The folders that these
junctions point to, "Default" in this case, is not restricted in that way.

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Sam Yost - 28 Feb 2007 17:33 GMT

I tried that and on one test machine (joined to a NT domain) it works fine.
Just like XP did with the file name exceptions. On the other test machine
(joined to AD), it starts the copy process but never completes it. The
screen stays at the "copy to" window. If you look at the profile copied in
c:\users. The appdata folder in the "default" folder contains only a
"roaming" folder. The original folder that was copied contains roaming,
local, and locallow folders. If you try logging on as a new user the profile
fails to load.
I tried copying the folder directly in explorer and it seems to work but I
don't know if I can rely on this technique. I would rather do it the correct
way. Please help.

> > Can you create a "Default User" profile in Windows Vista like in
> > XP SP2. So that every user that logs on to a machine get the same
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>
> Adam

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Sam Yost - 28 Feb 2007 18:56 GMT

Update: There must have been something wrong with the profile I was trying
to copy. I configured a new one and was able to copy it fine.

> I tried that and on one test machine (joined to a NT domain) it works fine.
> Just like XP did with the file name exceptions. On the other test machine
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> > Adam

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stuart richards - 02 Jan 2007 17:02 GMT

there is another way to deal with this, if you all log on with the same
account in the first place.
****Warning dont mess with much in this next part cos if you dont know what
you are doing you will be naffed totally!***
click start and in the little text box at the bottom type the following

control userpasswords2

at the top of the box is a little tick box, UNTICK it and it will bring up a
password box - type in any password you have put in (but if you havent,
click the ok button while the boxes are empty) then click ok

next time you restart your machine it will go straight into windows

*** Endo of dangerous stuff lol****

Stu

> Can you create a "Default User" profile in Windows Vista like in XP SP2.
> So
> that every user that logs on to a machine get the same profile created?
> (Desktop, Programs, etc.)

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cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) - 11 Feb 2007 19:43 GMT

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:02:10 -0000, "stuart richards"

>there is another way to deal with this, if you all log on with the same
>account in the first place.

That's what we generally do, but what I want is to control the new
account prototype so that any new accounts that get created won't use
sucky MS defaults for shell settings, folder locations, etc.

Many of the settings I'm after are easy to set interactively if you
are in the account, but aren't easy to export as a .REG, so it's not
quite as simple as "bind the hive and edit it".

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