Windows XP Profile Settings

From: Joe Williams (jwilliams_at_govanguard.com)
Date: 10/27/03 

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:08:51 -0500

We are in a Windows200/XP environment and there are a number of policies
that we like to implement on our user's machines to make them all
standardized. Some of these things are as follows:

1) Redirect My Documents to a shared server folder.
2) Make the desktops Windows Classic as well as make the Start Menu Windows
Classic
3) Get rid of the background and have just plain blue background
4) Get rid of Fade effects from the desktop
5) Switch windows explorer to DETAILS view and apply to all folders.
6) Install network printer

Now, the problem is that we are required to do all of these things manually
for each and every person that logs onto each computer, because the default
Windows XP policies apply to every new user logging in. I have looked at
group policices, but they do not seem to address some of the things that I
list above.

Is there a way to configure Windows 2000 or XP to log every user on with the
same settings, or better yet is there a way to save a profile and then apply
it to every new user if an when they sign onto the machine?

Thanks

Joe Williams

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