When I load and modify the NTUser.dat hive from the Default Profile (c:\documents and settings\default\ntuser.dat), it doesn’t copy those registry changes to the new profiles when they are first created. I was under the impression that this was the entire purpose of this file in the default folder was to copy over the registry settings from it to the new profiles.
I want all new profiles to have a black background, no screen saver, no power management, autohide task back, single click. I have identified those registry keys and changed them in the NTUser.dat file but they do not copy over to the new profiles that I create at login.
The new profiles still have that damn bliss.bmp wallpaper and all the normal default settings of an enabled screen saver.
What am I doing wrong?