Re: XP Pro - Default desktop's for all users

From: Frank Pulliam (kojakkiller@NOSPAM.lycos.com)
Date: 04/17/03 

From: "Frank Pulliam" <kojakkiller@NOSPAM.lycos.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:42:26 -0700

Perfect! That's just what I was looking for, thanks for
the info!

Frank

>-----Original Message-----
>Create a new user account. Then login with this user.
Make all your changes
>and customizations. Then logout and back in as an
Administrative user. Go to
>System Properties -> Advanced tab and click on settings
under User Profiles.
>Click on the User you set your customizations in and
click the Copy To
>button. Copy to C:\Documents and Settings\Default User.
Set Permitted to use
>value to Everyone. Then press OK
>
>This will copy your customized profile to the Default
User folder, which is
>used when no other profile is available (i.e: new users).
>
>
>
>
>"Frank Pulliam" <kojakkiller@NOSPAM.lycos.com> wrote in
message
>news:03a501c304fc$4f276f40$3401280a@phx.gbl...
>> I'm trying to set the default desktop and theme configs
>> for any new user on a machine. I know I can force
things
>> through Group Policy, but I do want to allow people to
>> change things if they'd rather have the default XP start
>> menu, desktop theme, etc.
>>
>> I would like the default to be Classic Start menu and
all
>> the XP "enhancements" turned off, to allow for better
>> performance and provide my users with what they are used
>> to seeing in Win2K.
>>
>> Anybody think of how I can do this? Is there a certain
>> registry hive I can export and import to another area in
>> the registry?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Frank Pulliam
>> Gainesville, FL
>
>
>.
>

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