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by leon_guerrero

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On a W2K Pro workstation I have two users. User1 is a member of the local 'administrators' group and User2 is a member of the local 'users' group. I set up desktop and applications settings using User1. I want User2 to have the same settings so I copied User1's profile to User2. Then I tried to login using User2 and I would get an explorer.exe error. The only way to remedy this is to place User2 into the local 'administrators' group. Does any one know how to fix this so that User2 can stay in the 'users' group and still use a copy of User1's profile? Thanks.....

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by jyimcse

log on as user1 and set the permissions on the user2 profile that you copied from user1 to allow user group access. You copied the folders over as user1 so it keep the same permissions(admin). When you log on as user2, you don't have permissions

by alcacdac

for details : do the same steps you need, what you need to do when you're in the "Copy To" Window, choose the user2 profile then below it is a "Permitted to Use" Option... Click change then choose the username who owns that profile, which is user2. you can now remove the user2 in the local admin group. am glad to help. :)

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