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Re: Windows 7 Default User Modification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Gibson)
Thu Apr 12 09:54:42 2012
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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:54:31 -0400
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Yes, we have a success story!!! Someone on this list pointed us to a
tool called "Defprof.exe" you can use to copy a user's profile to the
default user profile... it is not a built in Windows tool, you can
download it from here
http://www.forensit.com/support-downloads.html
We created a local user called "setup" and logged in and made all of our
changes then you reboot the machine and log in as the local
administrator and run "defprof.exe setup" to copy the setup user's profile.
There are some things that didn't translate over so we handle those
items with Group Policies.
Let me know if you run into any gotchas and we may have some advice
since we customized the crap out of our VMware View desktops :-)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Brian Gibson
Systems Administrator
Wheaton College
On 4/12/2012 9:33 AM, Corduan, Nick wrote:
>
> All,
>
> We've tried a whole host of techniques for imaging Windows 7, and
> we've had a fair amount of success, but one thing that is a constant
> headache for us is trying to modify / customize the default user
> profile. We've found very comfortable work around (probably best
> practices anyway) for some things but there are other profile-specific
> changes that we need to make for every user who logs onto a machine,
> and just haven't found a good way to do that in Win 7 like we could
> with XP.
>
> Does anyone have any success stories? Tips, tricks, techniques, third
> party solutions?
>
> I'd love to hear from you.
>
> Thanks!
>
> NickC---
>
> ---
>
> Nicholas Corduan
>
> IT Client Services Manager
>
> Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
>
> /(765) 998-4052 / NcCorduan@taylor.edu/
>
>
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Yes, we have a success story!!! Someone on this list pointed us to a
tool called "Defprof.exe" you can use to copy a user's profile to
the default user profile... it is not a built in Windows tool, you
can download it from here<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.forensit.com/support-downloads.html">http://www.forensit.com/support-downloads.html</a><br>
<br>
We created a local user called "setup" and logged in and made all of
our changes then you reboot the machine and log in as the local
administrator and run "defprof.exe setup" to copy the setup user's
profile.<br>
<br>
There are some things that didn't translate over so we handle those
items with Group Policies.<br>
<br>
Let me know if you run into any gotchas and we may have some advice
since we customized the crap out of our VMware View desktops :-)<br>
<br>
<br>
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
Brian Gibson<br>
Systems Administrator<br>
Wheaton College<br>
<br>
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On 4/12/2012 9:33 AM, Corduan, Nick wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve tried a whole host of techniques for
imaging Windows 7, and we’ve had a fair amount of success,
but one thing that is a constant headache for us is trying to
modify / customize the default user profile. We’ve found
very comfortable work around (probably best practices anyway)
for some things but there are other profile-specific changes
that we need to make for every user who logs onto a machine,
and just haven’t found a good way to do that in Win 7 like we
could with XP.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any success stories?
Tips, tricks, techniques, third party solutions?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’d love to hear from you.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NickC--- </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Corduan</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IT Client Services Manager</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Taylor University, Upland, Indiana</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(765) 998-4052 / <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NcCorduan@taylor.edu">NcCorduan@taylor.edu</a></i></p>
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