Octopuss Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I need to customize default user profile on computers running Windows 7. On XP this was easy: I simply logged in with my domain admin account first, configured/installed whatever I needed, put some icons to desktop etc, and then copied my profile over default user folder. This is no longer working under Windows 7, but I kinda need it, because users are often switching at the computers. Can I get a few tips please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Try the KB article first:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973289 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Looking at the article, it looks like it involves customizing the Windows installation disk. Is there any way to do this on already installed system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 The only way on an already-configured and running system is to use the netlogon share (and that's only for domain-joined machines). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) nevermind, reading failure Edited June 11, 2011 by TheWalrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Cluberti, could you (or anyone really) give me some more ideas please? I haven't had any time to work on this thing since I asked the question, but I have to come up with a solution soon.Please note that my knowledge about customizing W7 image is close to zero right now, but I am willing to learn, and plan to dig into this anyway.Basically the situation is like this:a domain with few tens of computers, with W7 computers being added lately. Several people are working on each computer, and local profiles are being used. When a user logs onto a computer he doesn't have a profile on yet, I him not to have to configure anything. There should be icons on the desktop, a printer for that location should already be configured, and Internet Explorer shouldn't pop up that annoying configuration wizard. A few things like that.How do I do that? What are the options? The link you originally posted isn't all that clear to me, or at least doesn't fit in my situation on first read.I guess I could start learning about customizing installation image, BUT I am not sure that could solve all my problems, because I think I need already installed system as a source. Correct me if I am wrong. Edited July 21, 2011 by TheWalrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Question - is this a domain environment or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yes, all computers are in a domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Then your best choice is the netlogon share method of the above KB link - it's easy to set up, it works properly, it's supported by Microsoft, and it's easy to modify in the future if you want to make changes to the profile without having to do anything different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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