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by kwoerner

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Is there any simple way to make a Win2000 work station look, feel, act, exactly the same for all users, no matter who logs into it. We are a small school and have a tech lab that, because of one served program, has to have Windows 2000. This creates a problem, because everytime a new student logs on to one of the win2k modules, we have to go through set up proceedures. Network printers have to be remapped, internet connection has to be established for that student, certain parts for certain programs need to be reinstalled. It's a real pain. Basically, is there anyway to make win2k act more like win98 other than installing win98?

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by curacao_dejavu

yes.
create one account and it set it up the way you want.
when done you should have on the harddisk a folder \document and settings\accountname.
Then in the other accounts, there is a tab called profile in which you can specify a path.
Specify there the path \documents and settings\accountname.

it's called a mandatory profile.
I think it's in the help section of w2k also.

by ciscofred

Go find C:\Documents and Settings\Default User and copy the contents of the profile to the Default User. Good Luck...

by ciscofred

Sorry i was on crack when i type that....Copy the profile that you would like to have loaded for each user every time to the Default User profile located Under C:\Documents and Settings the defualt User profile is hidden so you have to unhide it to see it. Good Luck.

P.S. Make a copy of the profile before you do this, just incase it does not work.

by jdwjr

you ncan alaso set up users from the server and copy the user datas each time u can set up all of the students in advance and make there password the school name and they have to change at first login hope this helps or u can default to same password for each student
jd

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