XP Pro - Default desktop's for all users

[Frank Pulliam]

I'm trying to set the default desktop and theme configs
for any new user on a machine. I know I can force things
through Group Policy, but I do want to allow people to
change things if they'd rather have the default XP start
menu, desktop theme, etc.

I would like the default to be Classic Start menu and all
the XP "enhancements" turned off, to allow for better
performance and provide my users with what they are used
to seeing in Win2K.

Anybody think of how I can do this? Is there a certain
registry hive I can export and import to another area in
the registry?

TIA,
Frank Pulliam
Gainesville, FL

[Andrew]

Create a new user account. Then login with this user. Make all your changes
and customizations. Then logout and back in as an Administrative user. Go to
System Properties -> Advanced tab and click on settings under User Profiles.
Click on the User you set your customizations in and click the Copy To
button. Copy to C:\Documents and Settings\Default User. Set Permitted to use
value to Everyone. Then press OK

This will copy your customized profile to the Default User folder, which is
used when no other profile is available (i.e: new users).




"Frank Pulliam" > wrote in message
...
> I'm trying to set the default desktop and theme configs
> for any new user on a machine. I know I can force things
> through Group Policy, but I do want to allow people to
> change things if they'd rather have the default XP start
> menu, desktop theme, etc.
>
> I would like the default to be Classic Start menu and all
> the XP "enhancements" turned off, to allow for better
> performance and provide my users with what they are used
> to seeing in Win2K.
>
> Anybody think of how I can do this? Is there a certain
> registry hive I can export and import to another area in
> the registry?
>
> TIA,
> Frank Pulliam
> Gainesville, FL

[Frank Pulliam]

Perfect! That's just what I was looking for, thanks for
the info!

Frank


>-----Original Message-----
>Create a new user account. Then login with this user.
Make all your changes
>and customizations. Then logout and back in as an
Administrative user. Go to
>System Properties -> Advanced tab and click on settings
under User Profiles.
>Click on the User you set your customizations in and
click the Copy To
>button. Copy to C:\Documents and Settings\Default User.
Set Permitted to use
>value to Everyone. Then press OK
>
>This will copy your customized profile to the Default
User folder, which is
>used when no other profile is available (i.e: new users).
>
>
>
>
>"Frank Pulliam" > wrote in
message
...
>> I'm trying to set the default desktop and theme configs
>> for any new user on a machine. I know I can force
things
>> through Group Policy, but I do want to allow people to
>> change things if they'd rather have the default XP start
>> menu, desktop theme, etc.
>>
>> I would like the default to be Classic Start menu and
all
>> the XP "enhancements" turned off, to allow for better
>> performance and provide my users with what they are used
>> to seeing in Win2K.
>>
>> Anybody think of how I can do this? Is there a certain
>> registry hive I can export and import to another area in
>> the registry?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Frank Pulliam
>> Gainesville, FL
>
>
>.
>