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by dmaniquis 1 view

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As my continual knowledge grows with Windows XP, I am yet again humbled by trying to figure out another configuration. I am seeking to retain the same desktop settings for all users, so that the network settings don't need to be configured every time. Because I am the admin for a school district, we are in an environment where kids need to access the machines inconsistently across the building. That means that one day a student might use machine A, but the next day use machine B. I am trying to avoid using roaming profiles, and just configure that machine locally for all users. Is this possible in Windows XP? I have to admit, this is one nice feature of Windows 9x, but not without limitations of course. Thanks for any input you might have.

Dylan

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by jarmstead

Take a look at this Microsoft KB Article. I think you might be able to adapt it to your needs... this way you could copy a user desktop, including shortcuts, quickstart, toolbars, etc. So that the new user looks like the original.

It kind of approaches the problem from the backdoor. But you could basically copy User data to a New User profile...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

by starbury

hi
i work as a student tech for a university and we have the same type of setup, we basically made an account and set it up the way we wanted and then copied it over to the default profile, so that everytime some one logs in they get the profile we made for them. i should say we are also using pgina which allows them to authenticate against the campus's ldap server.
nice cause it deletes their profile when they log off, so that everyone wont be taking up local machine space.
im open to any other ideas if better but this works great. google search pgina
mike
email michael_6835@hotmail.com

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