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XP Pro: Profiles Retaining Settings

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by shortbus

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RecievedD Dell workstations preloaded with Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1.

I add/remove software, customize appearance of the desktop under my local user profile.

I have user logon with their credentials to create profile directory.They log off. I restart computer.

I log in to local administrator account. Copy first local profile and overwrite users profile. Profile appears normally BUT if they change the appearance of the desktop, the settings are NOT retained.

No known security settings are in effect.

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by mike jones

Thats not the best way to achieve what you are trying to do.

Create a test user with admin privellages and log on and configure and customize the desktop with this user ID.

Once you are happy, log on as admin and delete the default user profile, copy the test user profile and rename it Default User.

Then whenever a new user logs onto the PC, it will create a new profile based on the default user profile which you have already customised. But please note, it will be a brand new profilewith a new user.dat and the such so permissions should not be a problem. To be safe, double check the permissions for Default User before you delete it and make sure the new Default User is set to the same permissions.

I don't think the permissions are being applied correctly the way that you are currently trying to get this to work.

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