Follow the procedures in this article to configure the local default user profile. Restart the computer after you run the Sysprep command. Use the newly configured local default user profile as the source for the default network profile. Implement the required new or changed settings as a logon script and configure it to run one time. You can automate the procedure in Knowledge Base article by using the Reg.
For an alternative solution, see the "Targeted changes to the Default User Registry hive and profile folders" section on the following Microsoft website:. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Note This article supersedes all previously published procedures for customizing default local user profiles when you prepare images. Open an elevated command prompt.
To do this, click Start , type cmd in the Search box, right-click cmd in the Programs list, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
This line confirms whether the CopyProfile command succeeded and which user profile was copied to the default user profile. Deploy the image. For more information about how to use Sysprep to capture and deploy an image, see Sysprep Technical Reference. These tools usually replace or change the Unattend. Therefore, the Unattend.
If you set the CopyProfile setting to true when you run Setup from the Windows 7 installation media during the image build process, the administrator profile settings may be unintentionally copied into the default user profile. The administrator profile settings are typically present in the Install. Use an account that has administrative credentials to log on to the computer that has the customized default user profile.
Click Start , right-click Computer , click Properties , and then click Advanced system settings. Under User Profiles , click Settings. The User Profiles dialog box shows a list of profiles that are stored on the computer. In the Copy profile to text box, type the network path of the Windows default user profile folder that you created in step 3. You can configure the default local user profile to become a mandatory profile.
By doing this, you can have one central profile that is used by all users. To do this, you have to prepare the mandatory profile location, copy the local default user profile to the mandatory profile location, and then configure a user's profile location to point to the mandatory profile. On a central file server, create a new folder or use an existing folder that you use for roaming user profiles. If you are creating a new folder, share the folder by using a name that is suitable for your organization.
The share permissions for shared folders that contain roaming user profiles must enable Full Control permissions for the Authenticated Users group. The share permissions for folders that are dedicated to storing mandatory user profiles should enable Read permissions for the Authenticated Users group and enable Full Control permissions for the Administrators group.
Create a new folder in the folder that is created or identified in step 1. The name of this new folder should start with the logon name of the user account if the mandatory user profile is for a specific user. If the mandatory user profile is for more than one user, name it accordingly. Finish naming the folder by adding. The example that is used in step 3 has the folder name mandatory.
Therefore, the final name of the following folder for this user is mandatory. The only supported method for making replacing the default user profile are to use the copyprofile unattended setting during sysprep. When you sysprep the machine, the logged on user profile settings are copied over to the default user profile.
Code Snippet Neroberg, I never mentioned this in my previous posts because I just didn't think about it. I never create a Default template using a machine that is already a member of a domain. You should always use local user accounts as a template for your Default user. When you think about it, the Default user that exists on a base installation is a local user account. You are also correct when noting that the Everyone permission refers to the local machine's Everyone group. Here's a quick rundown on opening the Default user's ntuser.
Open RegEdit 2. Select Load Hive from the Files menu 4. You will be asked for a Key Name. Select Unload Hive from the Files menu and click Yes to confirm 9. Close RegEdit and delete the ntuser. This is the way I do it as well. It is very clean and you can use this method when using an image deployment system that requires full automation.
These systems require full automation at the time of deployment. I just write a script that loads the default user hive, make the edits needed and unload the hive. Would you possibly be willing to share your script, or at the least the basics of how you load the hive, change a setting in that hive, and unload it?
I do not know how to script loading and unloading a different hive to make changes to it through the script. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question.
Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Setup. For deployment issues, please use the Windows Vista Deployment and Imaging forum. Sign in to vote. Hey guys, Our company has been following a procedure for several years for the installation and setup of Windows XP Pro based client machines.
Then we would be able to log on as a different user, and it would pull up the default user profile which is matched with the Administrators profile now and it would be fine. Now we are dealing with windows Vista based client machines, therefore having to redo the procedure.
We have been able to adjust most settings, but we have got stuck with this one. Does anyone know how we can get around this? Its a setting we really need to have, if we can't do this, then we might have to stick with Windows XP Pro for now.
Tuesday, April 10, AM. Murty, I have always created a "Customized" default user account as you have in the past. However, I have always used a slightly different process. Today I worked on my first Vista image for a new notebook and had great success using the same process that I have always used.
There were a couple quirks that I did not deem worthy of wasting a lot of time on. First, this is a Lenovo notebook image that I customized. The notebook came with a gadget promoting Lenovo products. Even though I removed this from my Default account, it is still there when I log into a new account. Second, I had set some of the task bar icons to hide themselves but they were all set to "Hide When Inactive" under the new account. Finally, I had cleared the recent program list in the start menu but there is one item listed Backup and Restore Center under the new account.
I'm sure theses are just a couple registry issues that I'll figure out later. The rest of the profile seemed to work flawlessly. Anyhow, this is the way that I copy a user profile to the default profile: Configure the profile to copy then reboot and login as another administrator account. The profile that I want to copy is always that of either the Administrator or an account with full administrator access. Click the Settings button under User Profiles. Highlight the profile you want to copy to the Default profile then click the Copy To Click the Change button under the Permitted To Use section.
Leave off the quotes around Everyone. Then Click OK. You are returned to the Copy To window. Click OK. A Confirm Copy window will come up that tells you the directory already exists and asks if you're sure you want to continue. Click Yes. After the profile is copied, you are returned to the User Profiles window.
Just close all the windows. From there, I search for any values that contain the path information for the source profile's user folder ie. Be certain you only delete these entries from the hive that you loaded into the registry.
Finally, unload the hive and exit the registry editor. I've never had any issues deleting the Registry Values that contain the source user path information and I've been using this process for years. Please let me know if this helps you and if you need more assistance.
Good luck! Thursday, April 12, PM. Wednesday, April 11, AM. Also, when deleting the registry keys from the ntuser. Am i just modifying the values, or deleteing the whole string or dword or whatever? Thanks again for the help you have already given! Once i removed them, and logged on as the old users, it recreated their profile folder and worked fine.
Friday, April 13, AM. Murty, I did not have an issue with a Temp folder being created.
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