Re: XP Default user profiles...is there such a thing?!?

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 06/12/02 

From: "Roger Abell" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:39:37 -0700

Still there, and still used in much the same way as in NT 4,
but the location changed with W2k to the Documents and
Settings folder (unless redirected). As was mentioned,
make sure you are set to see all files/folders. 

--
Roger Abell
MVP (Windows Platform)  Associate Expert
The Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Michael Pressgrove" <mpressgrove@pcsphosphate.com> wrote in message
news:bfb201c21157$3cc6be80$37ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
> Back in the day of NT4 ( which we are still using ) it was
> easy for an admin to setup the 'default user' profile so
> that whenever a domain user logged on that machine, they
> would get the same desktop and user specific settings as
> all other users who logged on that particular machine.
> Now that we are moving to XP Pro, I do not see my old
> favorite 'default user' profile.  Am I now forced to
> configure each and every user separately to have the same
> desktop and settings or is there a policy edit or regedit
> that lets me do this.  Thanks for you help.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Private settings on my laptop
    ... am still getting the same "can not migrate profile because user settings are ... NOTHING is marked private. ... I understand that you cannot copy profile to domain ... Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • AND WHAT ABOUT Outlook. adn OE settings.
    ... But what are we to do with the local settings part of the profile (including ... Log on the computer using the account created in the new SBS 2003 ... Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings folder, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: "Classic logon" screen in XP does not remeber the user name
    ... If you used the File and Settings ... that you can access them fine in the profile you want to use them in. ... and log onto a workstation, that workstation immediately goes to a ... you can work from the server and ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Internet Explorercache (further info)
    ... Just for future reference for you...Zone Alarm and Mailwasher are not ... > It is looking more like I will need to delete the profile and then rebuild ... > this saves user settings in IE, OE, My Documents, Mailwasher etc, so in ... > the restore facility in Eazy Backup, it should also put my desktop ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: User-Specific Settings
    ... 'remember each folder's view settings' is checked. ... Outlook and all of our applications run on our server and are accessed thru ... >> Profile tab for all of our users. ... >>> log on to another workstation. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.apps)
Quantcast