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by fatuncleal 1 view

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Hi, All:

How do I configure Windows XP for all users ? So they all get the same settings, printers, shares, desktop etc. This is for a school lab environment, so I want to have a fixed setting for everyone when they logon. please describe detailson how to do this. Thanks.

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by curacao_dejavu

I am not behind a xp machine so I can not go into detail with you.
What you have to do is to create 1 user (lets call it schooluser1) with the settings that yo want. So login as that user (schooluser1) and configure that user.
Next login as the administrator and go to the local users and groups snapin and create the other users (schooluser1, schooluser2, etc). 2x click on the other users (shooluser2)you create and select the profile path.
In here you have to provide the path of where the profile of schooluser1 is. (it would be c:\document and settings\schooluser1)

And that's it.

Hope this helps,

Leopold

by borgjs

Here it is, creat a login called temp. Give it the appropriate permission to configure the settings the way you like. Login with this account. Configure the system the way you like. not sure if the shares will remain but you can take care of this with a bat file. After you have the system configured the way you like log out and then login with the administrator account. Go to system propertie, advanced tab, and then User Profiles Settings button. Highlight the temp acount and choose copy to. Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\Default User and select it, you need to make sure you are able to view system files to see the default user profile. After selecting the Default User profile you need to give eveyone permission to use it by clicking the Change button under permitted to use. Now everyone who logs onto this PC will receive these settings.

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