Copy Default User settings after unattended instal

[jhigginson]

Hi all,

I have searched the forum but can't find an answer to this.

I have created an unattended install CD as per the instructions on the web site and set it to create a temp admin account, log on automatically to this account after setup and it then runs RunOnceEx. This all work fine until I try to run a CMD file that copies a pre-defined Default User profile over the existing one. When the file tried to xcopy over the existing profile, I get an access denied error. I've even tried deleting all the files/folders from the existing profile before copying; all the files/folders get deleted OK but get the same error when xcopy runs.

I'd really appreciate any help with this.

Many thanks,

John

DefUserCopy.cmd file:

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\application data"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\cookies"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\desktop"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\favourites"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\local settings"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\my documents"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\nethood"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\printhood"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\recent"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\sendto"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\start menu"

RD /S /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\templates"

DEL /Q "c:\Documents and Settings\Default User\ntuser.*"

XCOPY %systemdrive%\install\defuser\*.* "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Default User\" /e /y /q /h

EXIT

[Astalavista]

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/autologon.htm

check this out

[jhigginson]

Astalavista,

The autologon isn't the problem, it works OK. Its the access denied error when running xcopy thats the problem.

Thanks,

John

[Astalavista]

did u disable the widowns file protection? prior

[Cartoonite]

Have you tried importing them directly from the CD using the $Docs folder under $OEM$? This folder is supposed to be automatically copied over to the documents folder (default is %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings) at the same time as the rest of the information is copied across. I have yet to do anything with this folder, so I can't tell you how effective it is. See here for more information on using $Docs.

Hope this helps. Good luck.