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by philldmc

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I want to install Windows XP Professional on the computers in our lab.

However, I want to know if there is a way to have default settings for who ever logs into that computer. Regardless of who signs in, they get the same settings as the person before them. I don't want windows to create a profile for each user. With 200 students at this school each computer then could possibly have 200+ profiles and I just seen nightmare coming.

I want student A to have the same exact settings as studentB or Student C. But I still want each student to have their own user name and log in.

Any suggestions?

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by quintar51

I've never tried something like that, but I do believe if you create one user account. Let's call it student. Log in as student to have the profile created. Configure all the setting you wish to have for everyone. Log back in as administrator, go into that user account properties, and specify the profile path.

Then, you'll need to copy the student profile folder and overwrite the Default User profile. Back up the default user profile first, in case you run into trouble.

So now,all users are using the same profile, and when you create a new user account, the profile path is already configured.

good luck,

by philldmc

I'd tried that but it still wants to create a profile for each user that logs on to that computer. That one computer could possibly have 200+ profiles. I know in W9x you could tell the computer that all users get the same exact settings and the computer will not create profiles for each user. I know that feature was not an option in NT, but I was hoping in XP they might have fixed that.

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