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by claude102

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I have just installed 12 new Windows XP Pro on to the network. When the user logs on it sets up a new profile, I would like to manage them as a group. So I don't have to keep installing the printers and other programs they need. There are a number of different users using these PC's.

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Claude

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by rsexton

Did you configure software, printers, etc. as a generic user? If so, you can then log on as a machine admin and 'copy profile' to "default user" (making sure to let 'everyone' use the profile), and HOPEFULLY everyone gets all that software, any printers, etc. that were configured for that generic user.

by r. a. caluste

You can set up a roaming profile. from a central location (a server or a pc acting as one), make a shared folder, copy from an existing user or make a new profile into the shared folder. share the folder to everybody. open computer management from administrative tools in the control panel, under local users and groups, click users, at the right pane right-click the user and click properties. At the profile tab, under user profile enter \\myserver\sharedfolder at the profile path textbox. using this method, all profiles are stored in one location and are not stored locally. they can log into another computer and still be avaible to retrieve their settings. you can set-up and manage accounts from the machine.

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