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Jayce · 07-20-2009, 02:10 PM

My assumption was correct. This is indeed a huge nightmare.

I have two local accounts now on the Vista machine. One that is set up the way I want the default to be and the other account for testing purposes. I found a tutorial on copying the default profile and to my pleasant surprise, after a 6 minute login wait (which alone is unacceptable) it only copied my desktop icons and home page to firefox. It didn't bring over any critical settings that we need for the educational software we run.

Does anybody here know pinpointed EXACTLY what I need to do to get the entire profile "user" copied to "default" so ALL users that log in get EXACTLY 110% the same profile as I set up with the original local user named "user"?

I know about group policy. We use it.
I know about roaming profiles. We don't use it.

I just need default profiles on the machine. How can I set them up in Vista?

07-20-2009, 02:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jayce Monster Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: /home/jason Posts: 1,828	Re: Windows Vista - Default Profiles + Mass Deployment - Any Advice? My assumption was correct. This is indeed a huge nightmare. I have two local accounts now on the Vista machine. One that is set up the way I want the default to be and the other account for testing purposes. I found a tutorial on copying the default profile and to my pleasant surprise, after a 6 minute login wait (which alone is unacceptable) it only copied my desktop icons and home page to firefox. It didn't bring over any critical settings that we need for the educational software we run. Does anybody here know pinpointed EXACTLY what I need to do to get the entire profile "user" copied to "default" so ALL users that log in get EXACTLY 110% the same profile as I set up with the original local user named "user"? I know about group policy. We use it. I know about roaming profiles. We don't use it. I just need default profiles on the machine. How can I set them up in Vista? __________________ Go open source, or go home.