XP Pro Desktop

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>-----Original Message-----
>Upgrading network pcs to XP Pro. Created desktop for
>user, but when someone else logged onto same pc they
>received a totally different desktop. I don't want to
>have to re-create the same desktop for everyone.
>
>This was never the case with Windows 98SE, so is there a
>way to have the same desktop/programs appear for
>everyone, no matter who's logging onto the network?
>
>Thanks
>.
>

[Sam]

One simple way to do so is to log on to the pc as the admin of the network. Set the desktop up how you want it to be for everyone including all control panel settings and etc. Log off the machine and log back on as the administrator of the machine. This
will allow you to copy the network admins profile to the default user profile on the machine. By doing this all users who log on to the machine that do not already have a profile the default profile of the machine will be used and then when they log off
the profile will be saved under there profile. Go to start-control panel-system-advanced tab-user profiles-click on the admin profile that you have setup with your network domain or name before it (network domain/admin) then select the copy to button. B
rowse to c:\documents and settings\ and select default user and select ok and then ok again to copy the profile. If you cannot see the default profile you need to set your folder options to view show hidden files and folders. Do do so in control panel cl
ick on tools pull down and select folder options then select the view tab and slect show hidden files and folders.