Internet Connection Wizzard

It sounds like your running W2k or XP. Since we do not take full advantage of Group Policy in Active Directory I had to overcome this issue to by configuring the local policy on the computer before I made my image. Here is how you do this:
1) Start| run and type gpedit.msc to open the Local Computer Policy.
2) Under, User Configuration expand Windows Settings | Internet Explorer Maintenance | and click on Connection.
3) In the right hand windowpane double click Connection Settings.
4) Put the dot in ?Import the current Connection Settings from this machine? and click the ?Modify Settings? button.
5) Simply run through the Connection Wizard and this setting will be applied to anyone who logs into the computer and you will not have to run the wizard again.

Another good tip is to configure you profile to look and be setup the way you want everyone who logs in for the first time to have (shortcuts, background, etc.) and copy this profile to the ?Default User? profile. There is a wealth of settings in the Group Policy you can setup, which should be set at the server, which will over ride the local policy.

Hey Duke,

This depends on what OS you have for your workstations but I will describe what we do for our Windows2000 Professional workstations:
(1) Login as a user who has Admin rights to your domain. (Perhaps create a test user account and give them Admin rights temporarily
(2) Setup whatever icons you want the user to have on the desktop. You can also setup whatever network printers they have so when each user logs in they get these printer connections
(3) Connect to the Internet and configure and set the home page etc.
(4) Logoff as the user with admin rights (lets call this user Test for examples sake)
(5) Now login as the Administrator of the workstation (not the administrator of the domain but as the local Admin)
(6) Go to c:\documents and settings\ (in NT you would go to c:\winnt\profiles)
(7) Copy the "Default User" profile to the desktop(You may have to unhide the folders from Explorer if you don't see the "Default User" listed). You want to copy this profile so you have the original Default User profile as a backup
(8) Go back into the "Default User" folder and delete everything inside this folder
(9) Now go into the "Test" profile (or whoever the user name is that had the Admin privleges to the domain) and do a "Select All" and "Copy" and then go back into the "default user" and click on "Paste". This will paste everything from the "Test" profile to the "Default User" profile
(10) Now login as a new user and see if this resolves your issue.

* Good luck and let me know how you make out *